'Pouch mouth' definitions:

Definition of 'Pouch mouth'

From: GCIDE
  • Pouch \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch; as: (a) A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule. (b) (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Pouch mouth, a mouth with blubbered or swollen lips. [1913 Webster]

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