Pouch (?), n. [F. poche a pocket, pouch, bag; probably of Teutonic
origin. See Poke a bag, and cf. Poach to cook eggs, to plunder.] 1. A
small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot
pouch; a mail pouch, etc.
2. That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch; as: (a) A
protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule. (b) (Zoˆl.) A
sac or bag for carrying food or young; as, the cheek pouches of certain
rodents, and the pouch of marsupials. (c) (Med.) A cyst or sac
containing fluid. S. Sharp. (d) (Bot.) A silicle, or short pod, as of
the shepherd's purse. (e) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to
prevent grain, etc., from shifting.
Pouch mouth, a mouth with blubbered or swollen lips.
Pouch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pouched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pouching.] 1.
To put or take into a pouch.