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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  poaching 
  n  :  cooking  in  simmering  water 




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