poaching : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: poaching	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for poaching
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poaching n cooking in simmering liquid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poach \Poach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poaching}.] [F. pocher to place in a pocket, to poach eggs (the yolk of the egg being as it were pouched in the white), from poche pocket, pouch. See {Pouch}, v. & n.] 1. To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel. --Bacon. 2. To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder. --Garth.