释义 |
proat, v. dial.|prəʊt| Also prote. [Origin obscure: cf. pote v. and prod v.] To poke. Hence proter dial., a poker.
1654Fuller Comm. Ruth (1868) 141 Like sullen chickens..proating under an old wood-pile. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Proter, a poker. 1888Sheffield Gloss., Prote, to poke. |