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▪ I. proke, v.1 Now only dial.|prəʊk|
Also 7 proak.
[Early ME. prokien, app. cognate with LG. proken, to prod, poke, scratch, scrawl; cf. the dim. or frequent. LG., EFris. prökeln, Saterland prökelje; also, LG. prökel prickle, pointed instrument (Doorn.-Koolman). Not known in OE., but frequent in southern Early ME., also in late 16th c. writers, and still dial. Etymology obscure; the form and sense suggest relations with prog v.2, also prick v., and poke v.1]
1. trans. To make a thrust at; to poke; fig. to stir, goad, instigate, incite: = poke v.1 1, 2.
a1225Ancr. R. 204 Hwonne þe schil and te heorte ne wiðsiggeð nout auh likeð wel, & ȝirneð al þet tet fleschs to⁓prokeð, & helpen oðer þideward. Ibid. 238, & wiðsiggeð þe graunt þerof mid unwille heorte, ne prokie hit ou neuer so swuðe. c1230Hali Meid. 47 Al for nawt þu prokest me to forgulten. Ibid., Ȝif he..halt on to eili þi flesch & prokie þin herte. c1325Poem Times Edw. II 430 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 343 So the fend hem prokede uch man to mourdren other. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lxviii. 30 Nature prokth me..To take peace with the flies,..Reason prouokth me: politiklie to flee. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. xiv. i. 2 The Queene ever at his elbow to pricke and proke [L. stimulare] him forward. 1886Cheshire Gloss., Proke, to poke. ‘Proke th' fire a bit.’
2. intr. To make a thrust (at): = poke v.1 4. Also spec. to fish for eels by thrusting bait into their lurking-places, to sniggle.
1601Holland Pliny I. 263 The said dyuers..carry downe with them certaine sharp pricks or goads fastened to long poles: for vnlesse they [the sea dogs] be proked at and pricked with them, they will not turn their backe. Ibid., Well may some from shipboord proke at the dogs aforesaid with forks; others thrust at them with Trout speares & such like weapons. 1688[see proking]. 1843N. Macleod Crack aboot Kirk (ed. 2) I. 2 If a man has a sair leg or a sick body ye needna keep prokin' at him and roarin' in his lug a' day that he's no weel. 1914P. MacGill Children of Dead End xxi. 149 I'm sick of prokin' in the gutters here. 1941E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner xiv. 261 The plague that sat dozing in her mouth's corner proked at him swiftly.
3. intr. To stick out, project: = poke v.1 7 b.
1600Holland Livy xxxviii. vii. 987 From the lid or cover..there stood proking out long sharp pikes..for to keepe off the enemies. 1601― Pliny I. 327 There bee Insects with little hornes proaking out before their eyes.
▪ II. † proke, v.2 Obs. rare—1.
[perh. ad. L. procāre (rare) to ask, demand, with which it is identified by Levins. Cf. prokke v.]
1570Levins Manip. 159/45 To proke, procare. |