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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Poker \Pok"er\, n. [From {Poke} to push.]
1. One who pokes.
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2. That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal
bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.
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3. A poking-stick. --Decker.
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4. (Zool.) The poachard. [Prov. Eng.]
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{Poker picture}, a picture formed in imitation of
bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood
with a heated poker or other iron. --Fairholt.
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