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Webster 1913 Edition
Poke
Poke
,Noun.
(Bot.)
A large North American herb of the genus
Phytolacca
(Phytolacca decandra
), bearing dark purple juicy berries; – called also garget
, pigeon berry
, pocan
, and pokeweed
. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine. Poke
,Noun.
1.
A bag; a sack; a pocket.
“He drew a dial from his poke.” Shak.
They wallowed as pigs in a
poke
. Chaucer.
2.
A long, wide sleeve; – called also
poke sleeve
. To boy a pig a poke
(that is, in a bag), to buy a thing without knowledge or examination of it.
Camden.
Poke
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Poked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Poking
.] [Cf. LG.
poken
to prick, pierce, thrust, pok
a dagger, knife, D. pook
, G. pocken
to beat, also Ir. poc
a blow, Gael. puc
to push.] 1.
To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite;
as, to
. poke
a fireHe
poked
John, and said “Sleepest thou ?” Chaucer.
2.
To thrust with the horns; to gore.
3.
[From 5th
Poke
, 3.] To put a poke on;
as, to
. poke
an ox[Colloq. U. S.]
To poke fun
, to excite fun; to joke; to jest.
[Colloq.]
– To poke fun at
, to make a butt of; to ridicule.
[Colloq.]
Poke
,Verb.
I.
To search; to feel one’s way, as in the dark; to grope;
as, to
. poke
aboutA man must have
poked
into Latin and Greek. Prior.
Poke
,Noun.
1.
The act of poking; a thrust; a jog;
as, a
. poke
in the ribsLd. Lytton.
2.
A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person.
[Slang, U.S.]
Bartlett.
3.
A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
[U.S.]
Poke bonnet
, a bonnet with a straight, projecting front.
Webster 1828 Edition
Poke
POKE
,Noun.