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Pouch \Pouch\, n. [F. poche a pocket, pouch, bag; probably of
Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a bag, and cf. {Poach} to cook
eggs, to plunder.]
1. A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for
money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.
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2. That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch; as:
(a) A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in
ridicule.
(b) (Zool.) A sac or bag for carrying food or young; as,
the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of
marsupials.
(c) (Med.) A cyst or sac containing fluid. --S. Sharp.
(d) (Bot.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's
purse.
(e) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain,
etc., from shifting.
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{Pouch mouth}, a mouth with blubbered or swollen lips.
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Pouch \Pouch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pouched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pouching}.]
1. To put or take into a pouch.
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2. To swallow; -- said of fowls. --Derham.
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3. To pout. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.
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4. To pocket; to put up with. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
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