Pouch , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pouched (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Pouching.]
1.
To put or
take into a
pouch.
2. To swallow; -- said of fowls.
Derham.
3. To pout. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
4. To pocket; to put up with. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
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.
2. That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch; as: (a) A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so
called in ridicule.
(b) (Zoöl.) 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.
Pouch mouth, a mouth with
blubbered or swollen lips.
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