Middle English Dictionary Entry
pǒuche n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pǒuche n. Also poche & puche & (error) pulche. |
| Etymology | OF; cp. CF poche, pouche; AF puche. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A bag for carrying things; a pouch worn on one's person; al that hangeth in the ~, everything; (b) a pouch for carrying money, purse; (c) ~ maker, a maker of pouches or purses; (d) in proverbs.
Associated quotations
a
- (1327) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.41 : [A silken] pouch.
- (1345-9) Wardrobe Acc.Edw.III(1) in Archaeol.3139 : Ad faciendum..vnum pouch.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.368 : Ful fressh and newe hir geere apiked was..Hir girdles and hir pouches euerydel.
- (1389) Will York in Sur.Soc.4130 : Lego Willielmo, filio meo..unam zonam de corio, cum uno powche.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.3931 : A ioly poppere baar he in his pouche [vr. puche].
- (1408) Acc.Cobham in Ant.J.2340 : Et de vj d. de j pulche vendito.
- (1420) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)188 : Item, volo et ordino Willelmo Gien, filio meo, unam zonam cum uno pouche.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)40a/a : Marcipium: a pautener or a pouche.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)7055 : Kyng and duk and alle that ther seten Layd be-side hem bothe gerdel and pouche.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)411 : Powche: Marsupium.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2552 : And countir as it [a cannon] goth, ther is noo choys, But deed or quyt; for and it onys touche, It goth for al that hangeth in the pouche.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)176 : Huch þe Pardoner & he, pryuely in hir pouchis Þey put hem aftirward.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4941 : Item, to John Odham, my marchauntys powche of ledir wrought with silk.
- (1466) Rec.St.Stephen in Archaeol.5041 : Item, j powche of clothe of golde.
- (1474) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3272 : I have payd for ij gootis skyn, where of youre pouche and the keverynge for yowre keyes was made.
- a1500 Galawnt pride (RwlPoet 34)38 : Galaunt, with thy daggar a-crosse, And thy hanggyng pouche vpon thy narse, Thow art ful abyl to stele a horse.
- a1500 Gloss.Garland (Hrl 1002)124 : Mercatores..vendunt..marsupia [glossed:] powchys, sive bursas.
b
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.55/14 : Ye presente God and his seyntes wytnes to youre wyckednes, consumynge othir mennys poochys to fulfill your pursys.
- (1446) Will York in Sur.Soc.45102 : De rede pursez, iij d.; De barne powches, xj d.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1349 : The halle Was plated half a foote thikke Of gold..As fyn as ducat in Venyse, Of which to lite al my pouche is.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)216/20 : Ȝeue thou to pore men that thynge that thou schuldest ete if thou fasted not, that thi fastynge be fulsumnes of the soule and not lucre to the pouche or to purse.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)576/37 : Cruma, anglice, a pouche.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)289 : A Powche, vbi A purse.
c
- (1362) Let.Bk.Lond.G (Gldh LetBk G)151 : William de Thyndone, pouchemakere.
- (1363-4) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)13 : Recepit de diuersis mesteris..De Pouuchemakers, v marcas.
- (1377) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.243 : [The names of persons sworn in fifty-one misteries:]..haberdasschers..pouchemakers, schermen.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)53/4 : Þis brotherhed is begonne in london of godemen of þe craft of powchemakeres.
- (1412) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.242 : [Richard Lambard, late citizen and] pouchemaker [of London].
- (1431) Let.Bk.Lond.K (Gldh LetBk K)121 : [John Walter, late] pouchemaker.
- a1450 Cat.Plays Yk.p.xxii : Pouchemakers, Botellers, Capmakers: Lazarus in sepulchro, Maria Magdalene et Martha, et ij Judei admirantes.
d
- a1325 Prov.Hend.(Cmb Gg 1.1)st.36 : Wan man ȝevit þe a pig, opin þe powch.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)684 : Þe feend, men seyn, may hoppen in a pouche Whan þat no croys þereinne may a-pere.
2.
(a) The mouth; (b) the stomach of various fish, specified in culinary recipes; friture ~, ?a kind of fritter containing the stomach of fish; (c) a container, basket; (d) a kind of fish trap.
Associated quotations
a
- a1500 Little Child.Bk.(1) (Adv 19.3.1)26 : Þe morsellys þat þou begynnus to towch, Cast hem not owt of þi powch.
b
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)47 : Take the Powche and the Lyuour of haddok, codlyng, and hake and of ooþer fisshe, parboile hem, take hem and dyce hem small.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)101 : And þen take a pike..And slyt the pouuche..And whan þe sauce biginneth to boyle..wassh þe pike and cast him þere-in, and caste þe pouche and fey there-to.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)501 : Fried metes..O Fruture viant, Frutur sawge byn good, bettur is Frutur powche.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)70 : Sethe the pouche as ye do of a pik and mynce it with the grave.
c
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.408 : The graynes ripe..Putte in a poche [L fiscella] of palme, and with the wrynge Let presse hem.
d
- (1299) in Lond.Times April 14 19083b : [As early as 1299 we find the lord of the manor granting a pool in the Severn with the right of placing] puches.
3.
In surnames.
Associated quotations
- (1184) in Pipe R.Soc.332 : Gillebertus Poche.
- (1241) Close R.Hen.III320 : Willelmus Pouch.
- (1289) Chester R.in Chet.n.s.84130 : Roger Povcche.
- (1349) in Fransson Surn.95 : Rich. Pouchemaker.
- (a1370) R.Arms Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.14304 : Thom' Puchemaker.
- (1385) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.12045 : Johannis Pouchemaker.
- (1400) Will York in Sur.Soc.4271 : Item, lego Willielmo pouchmaker ij s.