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6 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poach \Poach\, v. i. To become soft or muddy. Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach in winter. --Mortimer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: poach v 1: hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory" 2: cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots" From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: POACH PC-On-A-Chip PC
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