pouchetbox (pouchetboks)

Same as pounce - box. pouch-gill (pouch'gil), n. 1. One of the Mar sipobranchii; a lamprey or hag, having the gills in a pouch.-2. The so-called basket of the marsipobranch i ates. Haeckel. See cut under basket, 10. Mony a time he wad slip in to see me wi' a brace o' wild pouch-gilled (pouch'gild), a. Having the gills deukes in his pouch. Scott , Antiquary, xv. 2. A mail-pouch. See mail - bag . o'clock A. the European mails closed, and pouches put on board the Aller carried the usual copies for the foreign circulation. The Century, XXXVIII. 606. 3. In zoöl., a dilated or sac-like part, capable of en: see potation.] 1. Nearly drunk; rather tipsy. Bailey.-2. Fit to drink; drinkable. Johnson. pot-valiant (pot' val" yant), a. Courageous through drink; fighting-drunk. "Perhaps we had better retire," whispered Mr. Pickwick. "Never, sir," rejoined Pott, pot - valiant in a double sense, "never." cheeks, commonly called cheek - pouch. See cheek - pouch, and cuts under Geomys and Perognathus. (b) The gular sac of totipalmate or steganopodous birds, as pelicans. See cut under pelican. (c) The marsupium of marsupial mammals. See marsupium. ( d ) The gill-sac or marsupium of a marsipobranch i ate, as a lamprey or hag. See cut under S. Judd , Margaret, iii. basket, 10. (e) A brood-pouch, of whatever character. See brood - pouch, and cuts under No to trema and Pipa. (f) The scent-bag of various animals, as the musk, the civet, and 4. In bot., a silicle; also, some other purselike ve el, as the sac at the base of some petals.-5. In an at., a cæcum, especially when dilated or saccular, or some similar sac or rece . See cut under lamprey.-6. A bag for shot or bullets; hence, after the introduction of cartridges, a cartridge-box.-7. A small bulkhead or partition in a ship's hold to prevent grain or other loose cargo from shifting. - Anal, branchial, copulatory, gular pouch. See the adjectives. - Fabri cian pouch. See bursa Fabric i i, under bursa. - Laryngeal pouch, a membranous sac, conical in form, placed in a pouch; marsipobranch i ate, as a lamprey or hag. pouch-hook (pouch'huk), n. A hook used for suspending mail-bags while a orting the [ mails. Car - Builder's Dict.