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2. One who cleans pots; a scullion. [Slang, U. S.]

Pouch (?), n. [F. poche a pocket, pouch, bag; probably of Teutonic origin. See Poke a bag, and cf. Poach to cook eggs, to plunder.] 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) (Zoˆl.) 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, v. 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.

Pouched (?), a. (Zoˆl.) (a) Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat. (b) Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher. (c) Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels.

Pouched dog. (Zoˆl.) See Zebra wolf, under Zebra. -- Pouched frog (Zoˆl.), the nototrema, the female of which has a dorsal pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage. -- Pouched gopher, or Pouched rat. (Zoˆl.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket. -- Pouched mouse. (Zoˆl.) See Pocket mouse, under Pocket.

Pou"chet box` (?). See Pouncet box.

Pouch"-mouthed` (?), a. Having a pouch mouth; blobber-lipped.

Pou*chong" (?), n. A superior kind of souchong tea. De Colange.

Pouch"-shell` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).

Pou"dre (?), n. [See Powder.] Dust; powder. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Poudre marchant [see Merchant], a kind of flavoring powder used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pou*drette" (?), n. [F., dim. of poudre dust, powder. See Powder.] A manure made from night soil, dried and mixed with charcoal, gypsum, etc.

Pou*laine" (?), n. [F. soulier ‡ la poulaine.] A long pointed shoe. See Cracowes.

Poul"da`vis (?), n. Same as Poledavy. [Obs.]

Poul"der (?), n. & v. Powder. [Obs.]

Poul"dron (?), n. See Pauldron.

{ Poulp, Poulpe (?) }, n. [F. poulpe, fr. L. polypus. See Polyp.] (Zoˆl.) Same as Octopus.

Musk poulp (Zoˆl.), a Mediterranean octopod (Eledone moschata) which emits a strong odor of musk.

Poult (?), n. [OF. pulte, F. poulet, dim. of poule fowl. See Pullet.] A young chicken, partridge, grouse, or the like. King. Chapman.

Starling the heath poults or black game.

R. Jefferise.

Poul"ter (?), n. [OE. pulter. See Poult.] A poulterer. [Obs.] Shak.

Poul"ter*er (?), n. One who deals in poultry.