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PoachPoach 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. Poach
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.
Poach
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.
Poach
Poach Poach, v. i.
To become soft or muddy.
Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach
in winter. --Mortimer.
Meaning of Poach from wikipedia
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Poaching is
illegal hunting or fishing.
Poaching or
poach may also
refer to:
Poaching (cooking) Amanda...
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Poaching is the
illegal hunting or
capturing of wild animals,
usually ****ociated with land use rights.
Poaching was once
performed by
impoverished peasants...
- A
poached egg is an egg that has been
cooked outside the s**** by
poaching (or
sometimes steaming). This
method of
preparation can
yield more delicately...
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Poaching is a
cooking technique that
involves heating food
submerged in a liquid, such as water, milk,
stock or wine.
Poaching is
differentiated from the...
- Mate
poaching may
refer to:
Human mate
poaching Mate
poaching in
animals Mate
guarding in
humans This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated with...
- were once
covered by
forests with
abundant wildlife.
Deforestation and
poaching has
reduced the
amount of wildlife.
Woodland degradation and deforestation...
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Amanda Nicole Poach (born July 25, 1987) is an
American soccer midfield player from Bowie, Maryland.
Poach represented the
United States at the 2006 FIFA...
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Employee poaching, also
called employee raiding, is the
practice of
inducing an
employee to
leave one
employer and take up
employment with
another employer...
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Squirrel poaching includes any
poaching of any squirrel.
Flying squirrels are
native to
Florida and po****r as pets.
There is an
illegal wildlife trade...
- they are very
easily poached; they
visit water holes daily and can be
easily killed while they drink. As of
December 2009,
poaching increased globally while...
