Pock"-bro`ken (?), a. Broken out, or marked, with smallpox;
pock-fretten.
Pock"et (?), n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F. pochette, dim.
fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of Teutonic origin. See Poke a
pocket, and cf. Poach to cook eggs, to plunder, and Pouch.] 1. A bag or
pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small
articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.
2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the
balls are driven.
3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger,
hops, cowries, etc.
In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half a sack, or about 168
Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity, the articles being sold by actual
weight.
4. (Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a
floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.
5. (Mining.) (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or
other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity. (b) A
hole containing water.
6. (Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a
light spar can placed in the interspace.