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potch

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/pษ’tสƒ/ English

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verb

  1. To thrust.
  2. To trample.

noun

  1. (gemmology) A type of rough opal without colour, and therefore not worth selling.

verb

  1. To cook something in simmering liquid.
  2. To be cooked in simmering liquid
  3. To become soft or muddy.
  4. To make soft or muddy.โ€œCattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud.โ€

verb

  1. To take game or fish illegally.
  2. To take anything illegally or unfairly.
  3. To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.

verb

  1. To bleach rags in paper-making.

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