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Poach   Listen
verb
Poach  v. t.  
1.
To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish. (Obs.)
2.
To force, drive, or plunge into anything. (Obs.) "His horse poching one of his legs into some hollow ground."
3.
To make soft or muddy by trampling.
4.
To begin and not complete. (Obs.)






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"Poach" Quotes from Famous Books



... Sauce, a la Martin, a la Valenciennes, Fillets, a la Suisse, with Nut-Brown Butter, Timbales, Coquelicot, Suzette, en Cocotte. Steamed in the Shell, Birds' Nests, Eggs en Panade, Egg Pudding, a la Bonne Femme, To Poach Eggs, Eggs Mirabeau, Norwegian, Prescourt, Courtland, Louisiana, Richmond, Hungarian, Nova Scotia, Lakme, Malikoff, Virginia, Japanese, a la Windsor, Buckingham, Poached on Fried Tomatoes, a la Finnois, a la Gretna, a l'Imperatrice, with Chestnuts, a la Regence, a la Livingstone, Mornay, Zanzibar, ...
— Many Ways for Cooking Eggs • Mrs. S.T. Rorer

... digest. Therefore thin nourishment of farce ye choose, Decoctions of a barley-water Muse: A meal of tragedy would make ye sick, Unless it were a very tender chick. Some scenes in sippets would be worth our time; Those would go down; some love that's poach'd in rhyme: If these should fail— 30 We must lie down, and, after all our cost, Keep holiday, like watermen in frost; While you turn players on the world's great stage, And act yourselves the farce ...
— The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol II - With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes • John Dryden

... inquired he, well knowing he was. "I just wanted to ask, would it be any trouble to poach that egg for my breakfast and serve it with a bit of toast; I'm feeling a little bit dainty. You'll poach it for me, won't ...
— The Log of a Cowboy - A Narrative of the Old Trail Days • Andy Adams

... halves and put them, with a small piece of butter, into a small stewpan. Close lightly, and cook slowly until reduced to a pulp. Break the egg into a cup, and slide it gently on to the tomato. Replace the pan lid and the egg will poach in the ...
— The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 - The Independent Health Magazine • Various



Words linked to "Poach" :   cook, poacher, hunt down, poaching, track down, run



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