Lexicographical Neighbors of Poukes
Literary usage of Poukes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"The soule nam the helle pouke. Arthour and Merlin, p. 266. (2) A pimple, or blister.
North. Cotgrave has ampoule, " full of water-poukes or ..."
2. Letters Written by John Chamberlain During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by John Chamberlain, Sarah Williams (1861)
"forgot to aske you what those poukes or Pouges waters are, for I never heard more
or lesse of them then by your former letter. ..."
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