Talk:poach

RFV discussion: July 2021

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poach

Rfv-sense: stab, spear, pierce not found anything from the famous Carews. Many false hits for cooking. Roger the Rodger (talk) 11:21, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

The Carew quote (which I can find in dictionaries) is The flowk, sole, and plaice, follow the tide up into the fresh rivers, where, at low water, the country people poach them with an instrument somewhat like the salmon spear.. I have know idea however, what work it is from. Other than that, I found a few quotes which I added to the citations page. I am not sure they support the definition, but they seem to. Kiwima (talk) 22:44, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

The original quote uses poche, which is probably why it was so hard to find. Chuck Entz (talk) 23:07, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

RFV-resolved. I am combining this definition with the following, which is practically identical, except there is no reference to fishing. Kiwima (talk) 22:55, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

RFV discussion: November–December 2021

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poach

rfv-sense: (obsolete) To begin and not complete. MooreDoor (talk) 22:23, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Again we go back to Johnson, who has:

2. To begin without completing: from the practice of boiling eggs slightly. Not in use.

Of later times, they have rather poached and offered at a number of enterprizes, than maintained any constantly.

Bacon.

His label "Not in use" is interesting. All in all I suspect this is just a one-off figurative use that Johnson for some reason chose to record as a separate sense. This, that and the other (talk) 12:41, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 20:09, 25 December 2021 (UTC)