Vocabulary : Pnyx to Poak
Pnyx : The place at Athens where the meetings of the people were held for making decrees, etc.Poa : A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass, and spear grass (which see).
Poach : To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel. ;; To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder. ;; To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon. ;; To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish. ;; To force, drive, or plunge into anything. ;; To make soft or muddy by trampling ;; To begin and not complete. ;; To become soft or muddy.
Poachard : A common European duck (Aythya ferina); -- called also goldhead, poker, and fresh-water, / red-headed, widgeon. ;; The American redhead, which is closely allied to the European poachard.
Poached : of Poach
