5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pocket  \Pock"et\,  n. 
  Any  hollow  place  suggestive  of  a  pocket  in  form  or  use 
  specif.: 
  a  A  bin  for  storing  coal,  grain,  etc 
  b  A  socket  for  receiving  the  foot  of  a  post  stake,  etc 
  c  A  bight  on  a  lee  shore. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pocket  \Pock"et\,  n.  [OE.  poket,  Prov.  F.  &  OF  poquette,  F. 
  pochette  dim.  fr  poque,  pouque  F.  poche;  probably  of 
  Teutonic  origin.  See  {Poke}  a  pocket,  and  cf  {Poach}  to  cook 
  eggs,  to  plunder,  and  {Pouch}.] 
  1.  A  bag  or  pouch;  especially;  a  small  bag  inserted  in  a 
  garment  for  carrying  small  articles,  particularly  money; 
  hence  figuratively,  money;  wealth. 
 
  2.  One  of  several  bags  attached  to  a  billiard  table,  into 
  which  the  balls  are  driven. 
 
  3.  A  large  bag  or  sack  used  in  packing  various  articles,  as 
  ginger,  hops,  cowries,  etc 
 
  Note:  In  the  wool  or  hop  trade  the  pocket  contains  half  a 
  sack,  or  about  168  Ibs.;  but  it  is  a  variable  quantity, 
  the  articles  being  sold  by  actual  weight. 
 
  4.  (Arch.)  A  hole  or  space  covered  by  a  movable  piece  of 
  board,  as  in  a  floor,  boxing,  partitions,  or  the  like 
 
  5.  (Mining.) 
  a  A  cavity  in  a  rock  containing  a  nugget  of  gold,  or 
  other  mineral;  a  small  body  of  ore  contained  in  such  a 
  cavity. 
  b  A  hole  containing  water. 
 
  6.  (Nat.)  A  strip  of  canvas,  sewn  upon  a  sail  so  that  a 
  batten  or  a  light  spar  can  placed  in  the  interspace. 
 
  7.  (Zo["o]l.)  Same  as  {Pouch}. 
 
  Note:  Pocket  is  often  used  adjectively,  or  in  the  formation 
  of  compound  words  usually  of  obvious  signification;  as 
  pocket  comb,  pocket  compass,  pocket  edition,  pocket 
  handkerchief,  pocket  money,  pocket  picking,  or 
  pocket-picking,  etc 
 
  {Out  of  pocket}.  See  under  {Out},  prep. 
 
  {Pocket  borough},  a  borough  ``owned''  by  some  person.  See 
  under  {Borough}.  [Eng.] 
 
  {Pocket  gopher}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  one  of  several  species  of 
  American  rodents  of  the  genera  {Geomys},  and  {Thomomys}, 
  family  {Geomyd[ae]}.  They  have  large  external  cheek 
  pouches,  and  are  fossorial  in  their  habits.  they  inhabit 
  North  America,  from  the  Mississippi  Valley  west  to  the 
  Pacific.  Called  also  {pouched  gopher}. 
 
  {Pocket  mouse}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  species  of  American  mice  of 
  the  family  {Saccomyid[ae]}.  They  have  external  cheek 
  pouches.  Some  of  them  are  adapted  for  leaping  (genus 
  {Dipadomys}),  and  are  called  {kangaroo  mice}.  They  are 
  native  of  the  Southwestern  United  States,  Mexico,  etc 
 
  {Pocket  piece},  a  piece  of  money  kept  in  the  pocket  and  not 
  spent. 
 
  {Pocket  pistol},  a  pistol  to  be  carried  in  the  pocket. 
 
  {Pocket  sheriff}  (Eng.  Law),  a  sheriff  appointed  by  the  sole 
  authority  of  the  crown,  without  a  nomination  by  the  judges 
  in  the  exchequer.  --Burrill. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pocket  \Pock"et\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pocketed};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Pocketing}.] 
  1.  To  put  or  conceal,  in  the  pocket;  as  to  pocket  the 
  change. 
 
  He  would  pocket  the  expense  of  the  license. 
  --Sterne. 
 
  2.  To  take  clandestinely  or  fraudulently. 
 
  He  pocketed  pay  in  the  names  of  men  who  had  long 
  been  dead.  --Macaulay. 
 
  {To  pocket  a  ball}  (Billiards),  to  drive  a  ball  into  a  pocket 
  of  the  table. 
 
  {To  pocket  an  insult},  {affront},  etc.,  to  receive  an  affront 
  without  open  resentment,  or  without  seeking  redress.  ``I 
  must  pocket  up  these  wrongs.''  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pocket 
  n  1:  a  small  pouch  in  a  garment  for  carrying  small  articles 
  2:  an  enclosed  space  [syn:  {pouch},  {sac},  {sack}] 
  3:  a  supply  of  money;  "they  dipped  into  the  taxpayers'  pockets" 
  4:  a  hollow  concave  shape  made  by  removing  something  [syn:  {scoop}] 
  5:  a  saclike  structure  in  any  of  various  animals  [syn:  {pouch}] 
  v  1:  put  in  one's  pocket;  "He  pocketed  the  change"  [syn:  {bag}] 
  2:  take  unlawfully  [syn:  {bag}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  POCKET,  n.  The  cradle  of  motive  and  the  grave  of  conscience.  In 
  woman  this  organ  is  lacking;  so  she  acts  without  motive,  and  her 
  conscience,  denied  burial,  remains  ever  alive,  confessing  the  sins  of 
  others 
 
 

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