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Poach - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Poach : (verb)
1: hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their
ivory"
2: cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Poach : \Poach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Poaching.] [F. pocher to place in a pocket, to poach eggs
(the yolk of the egg being as it were pouched in the white),
from poche pocket, pouch. See Pouch, v. & n.]
1. To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water;
also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.
--Bacon.
2. To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as
game; hence, to plunder. --Garth.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Poach : \Poach\, v. i.
To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in
a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by
night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits
or for salmon.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Poach : \Poach\, v. t. [Cf. OF. pocher to thrust or dig out with
the fingers, to bruise (the eyes), F. pouce thumb, L. pollex,
and also E. poach to cook eggs, to plunder, and poke to
thrust against.]
1. To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish. [Obs.] --Carew.
2. To force, drive, or plunge into anything. [Obs.]
His horse poching one of his legs into some hollow
ground. --Sir W.
Temple.
3. To make soft or muddy by trampling --Tennyson.
4. To begin and not complete. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Poach : \Poach\, v. i.
To become soft or muddy.
Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach
in winter. --Mortimer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Poach : PC-On-A-Chip (PC)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Poach |
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nenuphars: Googling how to Poach an egg. Massive Fails. |
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ilvdbch: @winehiker i'll have to try your technique ... sounds wonderful. (i Poach in ginger/rasp, too). how do u do the sauce? |
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LMS7070: RT@FATJEW:How to Poach salmon Fat Jew style:wrap a piece of salmon in 4 layers of alum foil,put it in the dishwasher,run it twice.FUCK YEAH |
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