Pouch, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Pouched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Pouching.] 1. To put or take into a
pouch.
2. To swallow; -- said of fowls.
Derham.
3. To pout. [Obs.]
Ainsworth.
4. To pocket; to put up with. [R.]
Sir W. Scott.
Pouch (?), n. [F. poche a pocket,
pouch, bag; probably of Teutonic origin. See Poke a bag, and
cf. Poach to cook eggs, to plunder.] 1. A
small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a
shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.
2. That which is shaped like, or used as, a
pouch; as: (a) A protuberant belly; a
paunch; -- so called in ridicule. (b)
(Zoöl.) A sac or bag for carrying food or young; as,
the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of
marsupials. (c) (Med.) A cyst or sac
containing fluid. S. Sharp. (d)
(Bot.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's
purse. (e) A bulkhead in the hold of a
vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting.
Pouch mouth, a mouth with blubbered or
swollen lips.