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Webster 1913 Edition
Pouch
Pouch
,Noun.
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)
(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.
Pouch mouth
, a mouth with blubbered or swollen lips.
Pouch
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pouch
POUCH
, n.1.
A small bag; usually, a leathern bag to be carried in the pocket.2.
A protuberant belly.3.
The bag or sack of a fowl, as that of the pelican.POUCH
,Verb.
T.
1.
To swallow; used of fowls, whose crop is called in French, poche.2.
To pout. [Not used.]