Sea poacher (Zoˆl.), the lyrie.
Poach"i*ness (?), n. The state of being poachy; marshiness.
Poach"y (?), a. [See Poach to stab.] Wet and soft; easily penetrated by
the feet of cattle; -- said of land
{ Poak, Poake } (?), n. Waste matter from the preparation of skins,
consisting of hair, lime, oil, etc.
Po"can (?), n. (Bot.) The poke (Phytolacca decandra); -- called also
pocan bush.
Po"chard (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Poachard.
Pock (?), n. [OE. pokke, AS. pocc, poc; akin to D. pok, G. pocke, and
perh. to E. poke a pocket. Cf. Pox.] (Med.) A pustule raised on the
surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases.
Of pokkes and of scab every sore.
Chaucer.