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poached |
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]: poached adj : cooked in hot water [syn: {boiled}, {stewed}]
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