POLLOCK : ALSO POLLACK :A marine food fish, _Pollachius virens_,

of northern Atlantic waters. [Scottish podlok.]

POLLOCK, Jackson. 1912-1956. American artist; a leader of the

abstract expressionist school.

POLACK: 1. Obsolete. A native of Poland; a Pole. 2. Slang.

A person of Polish descent or birth. An offensive term used

derogatorily. [Polish Polak...]

SPELLING: ... b. The art or study of orthography. . . .



(The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language,

New College Edition)