- (v.t.) To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish.
- (v.&n.) To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.
- (v.i.) To become soft or muddy.
- (v.i.) 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.&n.) To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder.
- (v.t.) To force, drive or plunge into anything.
- (v.t.) To make soft or muddy by trampling.
- (v.t.) To begin and not complete.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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