Definition of Pockard

1. a red-headed diving of duck [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pockard

poboy
poboys
pobs
pocan
pochard
pochards
pochay
pochays
pochette
pochettes
pochoir
pochoirs
poché
pock
pock-pudding
pockard (current term)
pockards
pocked
pocker
pocket
pocket-flask
pocket-flasks
pocket-handkerchief
pocket-pool
pocket-size
pocket-sized
pocket-watch
pocket battleship
pocket beer
pocket beers

Literary usage of Pockard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"POCHARD, pockard, or POKER,' names properly belonging to the male of a species of Duck (the female of which is known as the ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"POCHARD, pockard, or POKER,' names properly belonging to the male of a species of duck (the female of which is known as the ..."

3. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1851)
"AD 1758 CALEB FLEMING published " A Survey of the Search after Souls, by Dr. Coward, Dr. S. Clarke, Mr. Baxter, Dr. Sykes, Dr. Law, Mr. pockard, and others. ..."

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