† peroke Obs. rare—1.
[perh. a variant of peruke, which, as also the It. perrucco, orig. meant ‘hair of the head’, ‘long locks’, ‘shock of hair’.]
app. The floss silk of a cocoon.
| 1540 Treas. Poore Men 7 b, Rawe sylke & namely of the Peroke of the sylke worme. |