pouch
noun
- small or moderate size bag for carrying small articles, often having drawstrings, a flap, or closure hardware. (AAT)
verb
- forming into a pouch
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /paʊt͡ʃ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French puche Old Northern French pouchebor. Middle English pouche English pouch From Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pohha, dialectal German Pfoch). Doublet of poke; compare pocket.
- A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
- An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
- Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
- A protuberant belly; a paunch.
- A cyst or sac containing fluid.
“[…]form a large Pouch or Cyst”
- A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
- A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French puche Old Northern French pouchebor. Middle English pouche English pouch From Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pohha, dialectal German Pfoch). Doublet of poke; compare pocket.
- To enclose within a pouch.
“The beggar pouched the coin.”
- To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.
“We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.”
- To swallow.
“And, to name no more, the common Heron hath its most remarkable Parts adapted to this Service; long Legs for wading; and a long Neck answerable thereto to reach Prey; a wide, extensive Throat to pouch it; long Toes, with strong hooked Talons […]”
“[…] but if they shake the line and move, after they have remained still three or four minutes, you may conclude the fish has pouched the bait and feels the hooks, then wind up your slack and strike, but not violently, and always mind to keep the point of your rod a little raised while you are playing and killing your fish […]”
- To pout.
“He pouched his mouth, and reared himself up and swelled; but answered me not.”
- To pocket; to put up with.
“And for the value of the gowden piece , it shall never be said I pouched her siller”