1. v.tr.
1. cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water.
2 cook (fish etc.) by simmering in a small amount of liquid.
Derivatives:
poacher n.
Etymology: ME f. OF pochier f. poche POKE(2) 2. v.
1. tr. (also absol.) catch (game or fish) illegally.
2 intr. (often foll. by on) trespass or encroach (on another's property, ideas, etc.).
3 tr. appropriate illicitly or unfairly (a person, thing, idea, etc.).
4 tr. Tennis etc. take (a shot) in one's partner's portion of the court.
5 a tr. trample or cut up (turf) with hoofs. b intr. (of land) become sodden by being trampled.
Derivatives:
poacher n.
Etymology: earlier poche, perh. f. F pocher put in a pocket (as POACH(1))