| 释义 |
▪ I. pouk, powk Now dial.|puːk|
[In mod. dial. written also puke, peauk, peawk, pewk, paak, pahk, poke, pook, puck, most of which forms point to a ME. *pouk(e, OE. *púc-; cf. EFris. pûche, puche, in same sense; perh. from OTeut. stem puh(h)-, pug(g)-, puk(k)- to swell up (Franck): cf. pock, pough.]
A small blister or pustule.
1611Cotgr., Ampoule, a small blister, weale, powke. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 338 Onely small watry powks. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 428/1 Water Bladders, and yellow Blisters; are Powks or Tumors. 1828Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), Pouk, a pimple.
▪ II. pouk(e
obs. f. puck. |