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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POKING

ppr. Feeling in the dark; stirring with a poker; thrusting at with the horns; putting a poke on.

 

POKING

a.Drudging; servile.

 

POKING-STICK

n.An instrument formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs then worn.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POKING

POKING Pok "ing, a.

 

Defn: Drudging; servile. [Colloq. ] Bred to some poking profession. Gray.

 

POKING-STICK

POKING-STICK Pok "ing-stick `, n.

 

Defn: A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs. Shak.