ˈfire-potedial. [f. fire n. + pote v. dial. to push] A poker, an iron bar for stirring the fire. 1651Depos. Cast. York. (Surtees) 51 Mending the fire with the fire-poite.1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Fire-poat, the poker.1865Waugh Goblin's Grave 15 Iv aw'd had a red-whot fire-pote or two.