potched

Verb (1)

potch (third-person singular simple present potches, present participle potching, simple past and past participle potched)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To thrust.
   • I'll potch at him some way, / Or wrath or craft may get him.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
2. (obsolete, transitive) To trample.
   • Afterwards, the second pasture should be treated in the same manner, and the rest in course, feeding the wettest pasture after the driest, that the soil may be less potched.1837, John Orville Taylor, The Farmer′s School Book, page 116

Verb (2)

potch (third-person singular simple present potches, present participle potching, simple past and past participle potched)

1. (transitive) To bleach rags in paper-making.

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