The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . Poitrel, 15th century. poked, ppr. pok-iufi. [<«,-ken, pnnkrti,pukken = I), jm-ten = MLG. , poke, =. of (a ruff). My poor innocent Openwork came in as I was pokingray rutf. Middleton and Dekker, Roaring Girl, iv. 2. To poke fun, to joke; make fun. [Colloq.] —To pokefun at, to ridicule; make a butt of. [Colloq,] II. intrans. 1. To stoop or bend forward inwalking.— 2. To grope; search; feel or pushones way in or as in the dark; also, to move to
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . Poitrel, 15th century. poked, ppr. pok-iufi. [<«,-ken, pnnkrti,pukken = I), jm-ten = MLG. , poke, =. of (a ruff). My poor innocent Openwork came in as I was pokingray rutf. Middleton and Dekker, Roaring Girl, iv. 2. To poke fun, to joke; make fun. [Colloq.] —To pokefun at, to ridicule; make a butt of. [Colloq,] II. intrans. 1. To stoop or bend forward inwalking.— 2. To grope; search; feel or pushones way in or as in the dark; also, to move toand fro; dawdle. Hang Homer and Virgil; their Meaning to seekA man must havejpoid into Latin and Greek. Prior, Down-Hall, st. 3. or rod used in poking or stirring a fire. If the poker be out of the way, or broken, stir the firewith the tongs. Swift, Advice to Servants, General Directions,(fit) A small stick or iron used for setting the plaits ofrutfs; a poking-stick. Now your Puritans poker is not so huge, but somewhatlonger; a long slender pokingsticke is the all in all withyour Sufi^olke Puritane. Ueywood, If you Know not Me (Works, ed. Pearson, ).(c) An iron instrument used for driving hoops on hiis a flat foot at one end and
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