POCKET  , a small bag, particularly a bag-like receptacle either fastened to or inserted in an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of clothing . As a measure of capacity " pocket" is now only used for hops; it equals 168 lb . The word appears in See also:

• MID

Mid . Eng. as poket, and is taken from a See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman diminutive of O . Fr. poke, pouque, mod. poche, cf . " pouch." The See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form " poke " is now only used dialectically, or in such proverbial sayings as a " See also:

• PIG
• PIG (a word of obscure origin, connected with the Low Ger. and Dut. word of the same meaning, bigge)

pig in a poke," and possibly in the " poke-See also:

• BONNET
• BONNET, CHARLES (172o–1793)

bonnet," the See also:

• COAL

coal-See also:

• SCUTTLE

scuttle bonnet fashionable during the first See also:

• PART

part of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and now worn by the See also:

• FEMALE

female members of the Salvation See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

Army; more probably the name of the bonnet is connected with " poke," to thrust forward, dig . The origin of this is obscure . Dutch has poken, gook, a See also:

• DAGGER

dagger; See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish pdk, a stick . POCKET-See also:

• GOPHER (Testudo polyphemus)

GOPHER (i.e. pouched See also:

• RAT (a word common to Teut. and Rom. languages; probably first adopted in Teut.; the ultimate origin is not known; Skeat suggests the root rad-, to scratch; cf. Ger. Ratte, Dan. rotte, Fr. rat, &c.)

rat), the name of a See also:

• GROUP

group of, chiefly See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North, See also:

• AMERICAN

American rat-like rodents, characterized by the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of large cheek-pouches, the openings of which are See also:

• EXTERNAL

external to the mouth; while their inner See also:

• SURFACE

surface is lined with See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur . The cheek-See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth, which comprise two pairs of premolars and three of molars in each See also:

• JAW (Mid. Eng. jawe, jowe and geowe, O. Eng. cheowan, connected with " chaw " and " chew," and in form with " jowl ")

jaw, are in the form of See also:

• SIMPLE

simple prisms of See also:

• ENAMEL (formerly " amel," derived through the Fr. amail, emmll, esmail, from a Latin word smaltum, first found in a 9th-century life of Leo IV.)

enamel, which do not develop roots . The fore and See also:

• HIND

hind limbs are of approximately equal length, but the second and third front-claws are greatly enlarged, and all the claws are furnished at the See also:

• BASE

base with bristles . The eyes are small, and the external ears rudimentary .

Pocket-gophers, which typify a See also:

• FAMILY

family, the Geomyidae, spend the whole of their See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time underground, and are specially organized for such a mode of existence, their powerful claws being adapted for digging, while the bristles on the toes prevent the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth from passing between them . The upper incisor teeth are employed to loosen the ground, like a See also:

• FORK (Lat. furca)

fork; and the little rodents are able to move both backwards and forwards in their runs . The cheek-pouches are employed solely in carrying See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food, which consists largely of roots . In the typical genus Geomys the upper incisors are grooved, but in the allied Thomomys they are smooth . The See also:

• COMMON

common pocket-gopher, Geomys bursarius, of the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi Valley See also:

• MEASURES

measures about 8 in. in length, with a tail of between 2 and 3 in.; its See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour being rufous See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown and greyish beneath . A well-known representative of the second genus is Thomomys talpoides, which is considerably smaller than the former . To the See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer and the gardener pocket-gophers are an unmitigated source of annoyance . (See See also:

• RODENTIA

RODENTIA.) POCKET-See also:

• MOUSE

MOUSE, the name of a number of small See also:

• JERBOA

jerboa-like, chiefly North, American rodents belonging to the family Geemyidae, and constituting the genus Perognathus and Heteromys . They are nearly allied to the American See also:

• KANGAROO

kangaroo-rats (see KANGAROO-RAT), but differ in having rooted molar teeth . The typical pocket-mouse P. fasciatus, which is a native of See also:

• MONTANA

Montana, See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri, and See also:

• WYOMING

Wyoming, is a sandy-coloured rodent marked with See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black lines above and with See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white beneath, and measuring about 6 in. in length, this length being equally divided between the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head and See also:

• BODY

body and the tail .