Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Poke (4)

Poke, v. i. To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about.A man must have poked into Latin and Greek. Prior.

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Poke (5)

Poke, n. 1. The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs. Ld. Lytton.2. A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person. Bartlett.3. A contrivance...

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Pokebag

Poke″bag′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The European long-tailed titmouse; — called also poke-pudding.

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Poker

Pok″er (?), n. [From Poke to push.] 1. One who pokes.2. That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.3. A poking-stick. ...

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Poker (2)

Pok″er, n. A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States. Johnson's Cyc.

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Poker (3)

Pok″er, n. [Cf. Dan. pokker the deuce, devil, also W. pwci, a hobgoblin, bugbear, and E. puck.] Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a b...

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Poker dice

Poker dice. A game played with five dice in which the count is usually made, in order, by pairs, two pairs, three of a kind, full houses, four of a kind, and five of a kind (the...

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Pokerish

Pok″er‐ish, a. Infested by pokers; adapted to excite fear; as, a pokerish place.There is something pokerish about a deserted dwelling. Lowell.

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Pokerish (2)

Pok″er‐ish, a. Stiff like a poker.

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Poket

Pok″et (?), n. A pocket. Chaucer.

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Pokeweed

Poke″weed′ (?), n.(Bot.) See Poke, the plant.

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Pokey

Pok″ey (?), a. See Poky.

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Poking

Pok″ing (?), a. Drudging; servile.Bred to some poking profession. Gray.

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Poking-stick

Pok″ing–stick′ (?), n. A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs. Shak.

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Poky

Pok″y (?), a. [Written also pokey.] 1. Confined; cramped.2. Dull; tedious; uninteresting.

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Polacca

Po‐lac″ca (?), n. [It. polacca, polaccra, polacra; cf. F. polaque, polacre, Sp. polacre,] [Written also polacre.] 1. (Naut.) A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Medite...

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Polack

Po″lack (?), n. A Polander. Shak.

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Polacre

Po‐la″cre (?), n. Same as Polacca, 1.

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Polander

Po″land‐er (?), n. A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Pole.

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Polar

Po″lar (?), a. [Cf. F. polaire. See Pole of the earth.] 1. Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles...

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Polar (2)

Po″lar (?), n.(Conic Sections) The right line drawn through the two points of contact of the two tangents drawn from a given point to a given conic section. The given point is c...

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Polarchy

Pol″ar‐chy (?), n. See Polyarchy.

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Polaric

Po‐lar″ic (?), a. See Polar.

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Polarily

Po″lar‐i‐ly (?), adv. In a polary manner; with polarity. Sir T. Browne.

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Polarimeter

Po′lar‐im″e‐ter (?), n. [Polar + -meter.] (Opt.) An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarize...

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Polarimetry

Po′lar‐im″e‐try (?), n.(Opt.) The art or process of measuring the polarization of light.

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Polaris

‖Po‐la″ris (?), n. [NL. See Polar.] (Astron.) The polestar. See North star, under North.