|
|
Definition of Pocked
1. Adjective. Used of paved surfaces having holes or pits.
2. Adjective. Marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease.
Definition of Pocked
1. Verb. (past of pock) ¹
2. Adjective. pockmarked ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pocked
1. pock [v] - See also: pock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pocked
Literary usage of Pocked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa by Joseph H. Alexander (1996)
"... The difficult and shell-pocked terrain of Okinawa is seen here in a view from
the crest of Sugar Loaf toward Crescent Hill and southeast beyond the ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"One who is accustomed to play the the poi/c;" Aberd. Reg. A. 1538, V. 16.
pocked SHEEP, old sheep afflicted with a disease truant, ..."
3. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1900)
"If a piece of pipe be covered with insulating paint, exposing only the rough
sand-pocked exterior surface, and if it be made an anode in an electrolytic ..."
4. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"treat with great solicitude, ply with food or attention. pocked ... have many
small dents, be pocked. ..."
5. Therapeutic Gazette (1904)
"As the erythema or inflammatory condition subsides, the pocked area is not only
filled but assumes the color of the normal skin. ..."
6. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"moderately high impressed EMF, the rough sand-pocked surface becomes conducting
throughout. The protecting film or skin seems to act like the non-conducting ..."
Other Resources:
