peruke

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
peruke
    n 1: a wig for men that was fashionable in the 17th and 18th
         centuries [syn: {periwig}, {peruke}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
Peruke \Per"uke\, v. t.
   To dress with a peruke. [R.]
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