Pouch-mouthed
(Pouch"-mouthed`) a. Having a pouch mouth; blobber-lipped.
Pouchong
(Pou*chong") n. A superior kind of souchong tea. De Colange.
Pouch-shell
(Pouch"-shell`) n. (Zoöl.) A small British and American pond snail
Poudre
(Pou"dre) n. [See Powder.] Dust; powder. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Poudre marchant [see
Merchant],
a kind of flavoring powder used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Poudrette
(Pou*drette") n. [F., dim. of poudre dust, powder. See Powder.] A manure made from
night soil, dried and mixed with charcoal, gypsum, etc.
Poulaine
(Pou*laine") n. [F. soulier à la poulaine.] A long pointed shoe. See Cracowes.
Pouldavis
(Poul"da`vis) n. Same as Poledavy. [Obs.]
Poulder
(Poul"der) n. & v. Powder. [Obs.]
Pouldron
(Poul"dron) n. See Pauldron.
Poulp
(Poulp, Poulpe) , n. [F. poulpe, fr. L. polypus. See Polyp.] (Zoöl.) Same as Octopus.
Musk poulp (Zoöl.),
a Mediterranean octopod (Eledone moschata) which emits a strong odor of musk.
Poult
(Poult) n. [OF. pulte, F. poulet, dim. of poule fowl. See Pullet.] A young chicken, partridge,
grouse, or the like. King. Chapman.
Starling the heath poults or black game.
R. Jefferise. Poulter
(Poul"ter) n. [OE. pulter. See Poult.] A poulterer. [Obs.] Shak.
Poulterer
(Poul"ter*er) n. One who deals in poultry.
Poultice
(Poul"tice) n. [L. puls, pl. pultes, a thick pap; akin to Gr. po`ltos. Cf. Pulse seeds.] A soft
composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of
the body, etc.; a cataplasm. "Poultice relaxeth the pores." Bacon.
Poultice
(Poul"tice), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poulticed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Poulticing ] To apply a poultice
to; to dress with a poultice.
Poultive
(Poul"tive) n. A poultice. [Obs.] W. Temple.
Poultry
(Poul"try) n. [From Poult.] Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers,
such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.
Pounce
(Pounce) n. [F. ponce pumice, pounce, fr. L. pumex, -icis, pumice. See Pumice.]
1. A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, — formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on
manuscript.
2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, —
used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
Pounce box,
a box for sprinkling pounce. — Pounce paper, a transparent paper for tracing.