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peruke |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peruke \Per"uke\, v. t. To dress with a peruke. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: peruke n : wig for men fashionable in 17th-l8th centuries [syn: {periwig}]
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