potch (third-person singular simple present potches, present participle potching, simple past and past participle potched)
To thrust.
To trample.
potch (uncountable)
(chiefly, Australia, mineralogy, gemmology) A type of rough opal without colour, and therefore not worth selling.
potch (third-person singular simple present potches, present participle potching, simple past and past participle potched)
(transitive) To bleach rags in paper-making.
Obsolete form of poach (to cook in simmering water).
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Source: Wiktionary
Potch, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Poach to stab.]
Definition: To thrust; to push. [Obs.] "I 'll potch at him some way." Shak.
Potch, v. t.
Definition: See Poach, to cook. [Obs.] Wiseman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
