Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Peruke \Per"uke\, v. t.
   To dress with a peruke. [R.]

Source : WordNet®

peruke
     n : wig for men fashionable in 17th-18th centuries [syn: {periwig}]