~ 1
■ verb cook by simmering in a small amount of liquid.
↘cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. pochier , earlier in the sense 'enclose in a bag', from poche 'bag, pocket'.
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~ 2
■ verb
1》 illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one's own or in contravention of official protection.
2》 take or acquire in an unfair or clandestine way.
3》 (of an animal) trample or cut up (turf) with its hoofs.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'push roughly together'): appar. related to poke 1 ; sense 1 is perh. partly from Fr. pocher (see ~ 1 ).