Obs. rare. In 5 quakke, 6 quacke. [Imitative: cf. QUACKLE v.1 and LG. quakken to moan, groan.] A state of hoarseness or croaking in the throat.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Reeve’s T., 232. He yexeth, and he speketh thurgh the nose As he were on the quakke, or on the pose.
1577. Harrison, England, II. xxii. (1877), I. 338. The smoke … was reputed a far better medicine to keepe the goodman and his familie from the quacke or pose.
