Potch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pɒt͡ʃ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Potch is a verb meaning (transitive) To bleach rags in paper-making.
Meaning
(transitive) To bleach rags in paper-making.
More Meanings
- Obsolete form of poach (“to cook in simmering water”).
- (obsolete, intransitive) To thrust.
- (obsolete, transitive) To trample.
- (chiefly Australia, mineralogy, gemmology) A type of rough opal without colour, and therefore not worth selling.
Example Sentences
a Potched Egge
I'll potch at him some way, / Or wrath or craft may get him.
Afterwards, the second pasture should be treated in the same manner, and the rest in course, feeding the wettest pasture after the driest, that the soil may be less potched.
She set them down with precision, she set them down with the same kind of care that Bernie took when he and his underlings cut opal, or when they polished the rough stones, or when they bonded opal veneer on to potch.
Word Forms
- potches
- potching
- potched
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hotch, pote, proke, poss, poach, stoke.
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