Poach

v. t.	1.	To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel. [imp. & p. p. Poached (pōcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Poaching.]
	2.	To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder.
v. i.	1.	To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.
v. t.	1.	To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
	2.	To force, drive, or plunge into anything. His horse poching one of his legs into some hollow ground. - Sir W. Temple.
	3.	To make soft or muddy by trampling.
	4.	To begin and not complete.
v. i.	1.	To become soft or muddy. Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach in winter. - Mortimer.

Verb	1.	poach - hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"
	2.	poach - cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"

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