POUCH

vt to put or take into a pouch.

2. pouch ·noun a cyst or sac containing fluid.

3. pouch ·vt to pout.

4. pouch ·noun that which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch.

5. pouch ·vt to pocket; to put up with.

6. pouch ·noun a silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.

7. pouch ·vt to swallow;

— said of fowls.

8. pouch ·noun a protuberant belly; a paunch;

— so called in ridicule.

9. pouch ·noun a bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, ·etc., from shifting.

10. pouch ·noun a small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, ·etc.

11. pouch ·noun a sac or bag for carrying food or young; as, the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of marsupials.