potch

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɒt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ɒtʃ === Etymology 1 === From Old French pocher (“to poke”); akin to poach. ==== Verb ==== potch (third-person singular simple present potches, present participle potching, simple past and past participle potched) (obsolete, intransitive) To thrust. (obsolete, transitive) To trample. === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== potch (uncountable) (chiefly Australia, mineralogy, gemmology) A type of rough opal without colour, and therefore not worth selling. 1982, Gemmological Association of Great Britain, The Journal of Gemmology, Volume 18, page 432, Discusses the difference between potch opal and common opal. The terms are often used synonymously, but this writer shows that potch is found only in association with precious opal and differs from common opal in its structure quite substantially. 2006, Michael O'Donoghue, Gems: Their Sources, Descriptions and Identification, 6th Edition, Elsevier, UK, page 321, Likewise, a thin piece of good opal on potch (opal with no play of colour) may be cut so that the potch acts as a backing. === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== 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”). 1849, Ambroise Paré, Thomas Johnson (translator), Adriaan van den Spiegel (additional tractates), Concerning the Plague, The Workes of that Famous Chirurgion Ambroſe Parey, page 553, Eggs potched and eaten with the juice of Sorrel, are verie good. Likewiſe Barlie-water ſeaſoned with the grains of a tart Pomgranat, and if the Fever bee vehement, with the ſeeds of white Poppie. === See also === hotchpotch === Anagrams === chopt