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Poach   /poʊtʃ/   Listen
Poach

verb
(past & past part. poached; pres. part. poaching)
1.
Hunt illegally.
2.
Cook in a simmering liquid.



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"Poach" Quotes from Famous Books



... dressed, in a style which showed them to be people of some consequence: for in those days the texture of a woman's hood, the number of her pearls, and the breadth of her lace and fur were carefully regulated by sumptuary laws, and woe betide the esquire's daughter, or the knight's wife, who presumed to poach on the widths ...
— All's Well - Alice's Victory • Emily Sarah Holt
... Poach eggs as soft as possible. Butter a baking-dish; add a layer of bread-crumbs and grated cheese. Place the eggs on the crumbs; sprinkle with salt, pepper, grated cheese and chopped parsley. Cover with bread-crumbs ...
— 365 Foreign Dishes • Unknown
... fix you something to eat, Douglas?" The voice of Kate crooned over him solicitously. "I can poach you a couple of eggs in just a minute, over the oil stove, and make you a cup of tea. Is the fire out? And, oh, Douglas! Has it burned any of our timber? I have been so worried, I did not close my eyes ...
— The Lookout Man • B. M. Bower


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


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