POACH
1 verb. 1 cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water. 2 cook (fish etc.) By simmering in a small amount of liquid. ? poacher none. [french pochier: related to *poke2]
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POACH
2 verb. 1 (also absol.) Catch (game or fish) illegally. 2 (often foll. By on) trespass or encroach on (another`s property, territory, etc.). 3 appropriate (another`s ideas, staff, etc.). ? poacher none. [earlier poche: related to *poach1]