Potch Definition
verb
To thrust.
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To trample.
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1849, Ambroise Paré, Thomas Johnson (translat), Adriaan van den Spiegel (additional tractates), Concerning the Plague, The Workes of that Famous Chirurgion Ambroſe Parey, page 553,
Eggs potched and eaten with the juice of Sorrel, are verie good. Likewiſe Barlie-water ſeaſoned with the grains of a tart Pomgranat, and if the Fever bee vehement, with the ſeeds of white Poppie.
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1860, Notes and Queries, The Medical Times and Gazette, Volume 1: For 1860, page 167,
And if a man should break his fast with a light and nourishing meate, then I say there is nothing better than a couple of egges potched, or the yolkes of two egges sodden rere and put in one shell, seasoned with a little pepper, butter and salt, supped off warme, drinking after it a good draught of claret wine.
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noun
(chiefly Australia, mineralogy, gemmology) A type of rough opal without colour, and therefore not worth selling.
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Origin of Potch
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From Old French pocher (“to poke”); akin to poach.
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