pouching

Verb

pouch (third-person singular simple present pouches, present participle pouching, simple past and past participle pouched)

1. (transitive) To enclose within a pouch.
   • The beggar pouched the coin.
2. (transitive) To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.
   • We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.
3. To swallow.
   • And, to name no more, the common Heron hath its most remarkable Parts adapted to this Service; long Legs for wading; and a long Neck answerable thereto to reach Prey; a wide, extensive Throat to pouch it; long Toes, with strong hooked Talons […]1713, William Derham, Physico-theology, or a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God
4. (obsolete, rare) To pout.
   • He pouched his mouth, and reared himself up and swelled; but answered me not.1754, Samuel Richardson, The History of Sir Charles Grandison
5. (obsolete) To pocket; to put up with.
   • And for the value of the gowden piece , it shall never be said I pouched her siller1822, [Walter Scott], The Pirate. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC

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