POUCH

n. v.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.

2.
n.

That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch; as:

3.
n.

A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule.

4.
n.

A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting. Pouch mouth, a mouth with blubbered or swollen lips.

5.
v.

To put or take into a pouch.

6.
v.

To swallow; -- said of fowls. Derham.

7.
v.

To pout. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

8.
v.

To pocket; to put up with. [R.] Sir W. Scott.


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