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-1 v. முட்டை அவி, முட்டையை ஓடு நீக்கிக் கொதிக்கும் நீரிற் போட்டு வேகவை.-2 v. விரல்-கழி முதலியவற்றை ஒன்றனுள் நுழைவி, உட்பாய்ச்சு, நிலம் வகையில் மிதித்துச் சேறாக்கப் பெறு, வரம்பு கடந்து பிறர் தனியுரிமையில் தலையிடு, பிறர் நிலத்தில் நுழை, பிறர் உரிமையைத் தவறாக்க கையாளு, மீறிப்பிறர் உடைமையில் தலையிடு, முடைகடந்து மீன்பிடி, விலங்கு
Poach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poached; p. pr. & vb. n. Poaching.] Etym: [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, v. i. Defn: 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, v. t. Etym: [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, v. i. Defn: To become soft or muddy. Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach in winter. Mortimer. Poach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poached; p. pr. & vb. n. Poaching.] Etym: [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, v. i. Defn: 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, v. t. Etym: [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, v. i. Defn: To become soft or muddy. Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach in winter. Mortimer.