Peruke

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peruke \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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peruke \Per"uke\, v. t.
     To dress with a peruke. [R.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  peruke
       n : wig for men fashionable in 17th-18th centuries [syn: {periwig}]