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Meaning of PERUKE

Pronunciation:  pu'rook

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  wig for men fashionable in 17th-18th centuries
 
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 Synonyms: periwig
 
 See Also: wig

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Per"uke\, n. [F. perruque, It. perrucca, parrucca, fr.
    L. pilus hair. Cf. {Periwig}, {Wig}, {Peel} to strip off,
    {Plush}, {Pile} a hair.]
    A wig; a periwig.
    
  2. \Per"uke\, v. t.
    To dress with a peruke. [R.]
    
 

 

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