||Poco a poco[It.] (Mus.) Little by little; as, poco a poco crescendo, gradually increasing in loudness.

Pocock
(Po"cock) n. Peacock. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pococurante
(Po`co*cu*ran"te) n. [It. poco curante caring little.] A careless person; a trifler. [R.]

Pocketful
(Pock"et*ful) n.; pl. Pocketfuls As much as a pocket will hold; enough to fill a pocket; as, pocketfuls of chestnuts.

Pocketknife
(Pock"et*knife`) n.; pl. -knives A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket.

Pock-fretten
(Pock"-fret`ten) a. See Pockmarked.

Pockiness
(Pock"i*ness) n. The state of being pocky.

Pockmark
(Pock"mark) n. A mark or pit made by smallpox.

Pockmarked
(Pock"marked`) a. Marked by smallpox; pitted.

Pock-pitted
(Pock"-pit`ted) a. Pockmarked; pitted.

Pock-pudding
(Pock"-pud`ding) n. A bag pudding; a name of reproach or ridicule formerly applied by the Scotch to the English.

Pockwood
(Pock"wood`) n. [So called because formerly used as a specific for the pock.] (Bot.) Lignum- vitæ.

Pocky
(Pock"y) a. [Compar. Pockier ; superl. Pockiest.] Full of pocks; affected with smallpox or other eruptive disease. Bp. Hall.

Poco
(||Po"co) adv. [It.] (Mus.) A little; — used chiefly in phrases indicating the time or movement; as, poco più allegro, a little faster; poco largo, rather slow.

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