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poken.1 Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or perhaps (ii) a borrowing from Dutch. Probably also partly a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymons: French poke, poche. Etymology: Either < Anglo-Norman and Old French regional (Flanders, Picardy) poke, Old French regional (northern) poque, pouque (1275; Middle French, French regional (northern) pouque, French regional (Normandy) poucque, variants of Old French, Middle French, French poche: see pouch n.), or perhaps < its (unattested) etymon in Old Dutch (compare Middle Dutch pōke bag, measure of wool), cognate with Old Icelandic poki bag, Danish regional poge small bag, and probably Old English pohha , (Northumbrian) pocca bag (see pough n.), probably < the same Germanic base as pough n.; in Middle English probably reinforced by the early Scandinavian cognate of Old Icelandic poki . Compare post-classical Latin poca , poka , pocum , pokum bale, measure of wool (1265, 1417, 1503 in British sources), bag, pouch (c1300 in a British source). Compare pung n.1Compare Irish póca , Scottish Gaelic pòca pocket, pouch, (small) bag, probably < English or early Scandinavian (compare the Old Icelandic form above). Compare also Irish pócóid pouch (17th cent.), perhaps < French (see pocket n. and adj.). The α. forms all imply original lengthening of o in open syllables in early Middle English (compare Middle Dutch pōke ); the β. forms are unlengthened. The γ. forms, also originally unlengthened, reflect the development in Older Scots of a back glide between short o and a following velar plosive (see further A. J. Aitken & C. Macafee Older Sc. Vowels (2002) §16.4); spellings in -ol- are reverse spellings reflecting earlier vocalization of l (the rare U.S. regional form polk (see α. forms) is merely a modern respelling after words in -olk (as folk n., yolk n.1)). It is unclear whether the following early examples should be interpreted as showing the Anglo-Norman or the Middle English word:1228 in N. S. B. Gras Early Eng. Customs Syst. (1918) 157 i poke de alum, i d.1276 in W. Illingworth Rotuli Hundredorum (1812) I. 388 lx sacci lane & j puke. Now chiefly regional. 1. society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > bag or sack as unit α. c1300 (Laud) (1868) 780 (MED) Hise pokes fulle of mele an korn. 1347–8 II. 215/2 xi pokes de madder. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 358 They walwen as doon two pigges in a poke. 1411 in W. H. Stevenson (1883) II. 86 j. poke cum salt, vd. a1425 J. Wyclif (1869) I. 358 Þan shulde pees be in þe Chirche Wiþouten strif of doggis in a poke. 1488 in T. Thomson (1815) 12 In a canves poik within the said box tuelf hundreth & sevin angel nobilis. a1500 Tracts Eng. Weights & Meas. 16 in (1929) XV Also Woll ys sold by numbre and schipped to, as by sacks, sarplers, and pokys. 1558 in J. P. Earwaker (1884) 20 Two secks and two lesse pookes. 1615 W. Lawson (1626) 51 A gathering Apron like a Poake. 1648 H. Hexham Koren-sack, a Corne-sack, or a corne-pooke. 1704 in (1895) I. 243 Ffor a poke or bail of mather. 1723 J. Swift 17 A pair of leathern pokes [rhyme folks]. 1764 1 3 These pokes [of hops] are..carried..to the oust-house, where the hops are to be dried. 1824 W. Scott I. xiii. 303 The hair-brained goose saw the pokes. 1875 10 Mar. 2/5 Bringing a poke of bran down a step-ladder. 1902 Nov. 17 It usually comes in two-pound paper packages, or ‘pokes’. 1935 A. J. Cronin i. ix. 68 He had pie, too, in his poke. 1939 J. M. Caie 7 A gangrel wife, her pyock upon her back. 1968 9 Nov. p. ii/2 Take two pokes, and what you got was a gybe. Not that they ever agreed how much wool should go into a poke. 1996 C. Brookmyre xvii. 108 Her car reached the..roundabout, nothing else on the road but taxis and discarded chip pokes. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > bag or pouch worn on person > [noun] a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. vii. 20 Then he drew a diall from his poake . View more context for this quotation 1675 E. Cocker 6 All are but Smoke To him that has no mony in his Poke. 1789 C. Vallancey Vocab. Lang. Forth & Bargie in 2 Antiquities 32 Pooke, pocket. 1880 T. E. Webb tr. J. W. von Goethe iii. x. 183 Apart from this I've nothing in my poke. 1930 G. Smithson ii. 40 He would relate to me..his nefarious exploits in picking ‘pokes’ (pockets), snatching ‘kettles’ (watches), and dropping ‘snide’ (passing counterfeit coin). society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money-bag, -purse, or -belt > [noun] society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > wallet > [noun] 1859 G. W. Matsell 68 Poke, a pocket; a purse. 1883 25 Jan. 2/3 The poke, which a pick~pocket glories in having appropriated, is the Saxon bag or purse. 1908 J. M. Sullivan 18 Poke of leather, a pocketbook. 1940 J. O'Hara 50 There I was with only about $85 in my poke. 1976 ‘Trevanian’ (1977) vi. 123 I notice his wallet's half out of his pocket... It comes to me that I might as well lift his poke... So I reach over and pull it out. 1993 S. Kuriscak 42 Poke, A wallet. society > trade and finance > money > [noun] society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [noun] > a banknote > roll of 1926 J. Black xiv. 190 My hand was on the big fat ‘poke’. 1933 E. Seago 295 Poke, money. 1965 L. J. Cunliffe iv. 38 It's a very satisfying feeling knowing you can put your finger on a bit of poke. (Which is more slang for money: get it, poke, loot, poppy—any of them will do!) 1984 S. Terkel (1985) Introd. 4 One of the most satisfying moments during my brief turn as a ‘military man’ came at a crap game... I and several others lost our pokes in short order. 2. a1325 (Trin. Cambr.) (1929) 529 (MED) Poke [v.rr. poke or bothom; the bothem, the boke; glossing Fr. Le gurget de nace revercez (a1325 Cambr.)]. c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in (1906) 10* Et ou la gurget ne troue queche, In the poke but tundre. the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > bag-net 1579 (1814) III. 147/1 That destroyis the smoltis and fry of salmond..be polkis, creillis, trammel~nettis, and hery watteris. 1642 in L. B. Taylor (1950) II. 347 Nettis, creillis, herrie watter pockis or any uther ingyne for fishing of salmond. 1885 G. Fraser 47 The free salmon fishing that proved sic a boon Tae the poor fisher-folk, Wi' their stake net and poke. 1901 T. P. Ollason 62 Jemmy generally hed enouch ta dü ta keep his pok i'da watter an' himsell oot o't. 1956 U. Venables vii A poke is a man's tool; it is roughly five feet across and a single scoop can catch about half a hundred weight. 1988 G. Lamb at Pock Tae net sillocks wi a pock. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > arm > types of 1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright (1861) II. 69 The pokes of purchace hangen to the erthe. ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 514 Grete insolence of vesture..gownes with longe pokus, made in the maner of a bagpype. c1535 iii. sig. C.ivv Nowe ben preestes pokes so wyde That men must enlarge the vestement. 1706 (new ed.) (at cited word) Pokes were also a sort of long-sleev'd Gowns, which Fashion grew so affected and extravagant, that the wearing of them was forbidden. 1957 M. B. Picken 260/2 Poke, long, wide sleeve. the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > stomach c1450 in T. Austin (1888) 114 (MED) Chauudon of fissh. Nym ye livere & ye poke. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) 12856 (MED) I [sc. Glotonye]..efft ageyn do my labour (As an vngry wolff, certeyn) ffor to ffylle my pook [v.r. pawnche] ageyn. ?a1475 Noble Bk. Cookry in (at cited word) To boile gurnard..Draw a gurnard at the belly..and slit the pok. 1774 (Royal Soc.) 64 117 Mr. Hunter opened a charr..and found the poke, as our fishmongers call it, very different. 1825 J. Jennings 60 Pook, the belly; the stomach. 1886 B. Brierley xiii The encouraging injunction of our hostess to ‘fill yo'r pokes’, as she quaintly expressed herself. 1897 10 Sept. 2/1 I once saw a gold ring taken out of a cod's poke. 1958 in at Pock A sair poke. [Caithness, Wigtown.] 1996 C. I. Macafee 258/1 Poke,..the tummy, the abdomen. 5. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > glandular disorders > [noun] > goitre 1621 R. Burton i. ii. ii. i. 95 Aubanus Bohemus referres that Struma, or poke of the Bauarians & Styrians to the nature of their waters. 1673 J. Ray 143 We saw..many men and women with large swellings under their chins..called..by some in English, Bavarian Pokes. 1720 C. Mather xxxii. 225 What should we do with a Bavarian Poke under our chins? 1819 J. Keats (1947) 404 Her breath stink all over the room, her nose drop winter and summer, with a Bavarian poke under her chin. the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of sheep > [noun] > rot 1793 J. Sinclair VI. 271 Numbers [of sheep] often die, during the course of winter and spring, of what are here called the rott, pock, and scab. a1800 in 6 74 My sheep took the pock and my horse was stown awa'. 1802 C. Findlater 403 The lungs are found to be tuberculous; the animal coughs; and, in the progress of weakness, an oedematous swelling, called in Scotland the pock, or poak, is formed under the jaw. a1835 J. Hogg (1837) I. 275 It never saw either braxy or breakwind, bleer-ee nor Beltan pock, but was the cantiest crock o' the Kaim-law. 1878 W. Dickinson (ed. 2) 76/1 Sheep tainted with rot often exhibit the symptom of a poke or bag under the jaws. 1996 C. I. Macafee 258/1 Poke,..in sheep a disease: rot [from the pouch-like swelling that appears under the jaw]. 1883 J. T. Brown Whale Fishery & Appliances in (1884) No. 27. 304 When the whale ceases its progressive motions the poke or buoy appears on the surface and the line is regained. 1887 G. B. Goode II. 270 When the ‘pokes’ are used, the officer gives the order to ‘Blow up! Blow up!’ and a man with sound lungs grasps one of these membranous pouches and inflates it... It is then attached to the whale. 1931 D. M. LeBourdais 73 The spear would not kill them [sc. walruses] outright,..but attached to it was a long sealskin line at the end of which was fastened an inflated sealskin bag called a pok. Compounds the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Aegithalidae > genus Aegithalos (long-tailed titmouse) 1663 Assembly Proc. in (1883) I. 472 They had found the Silke stuffe which made only 3 Poke Baggs. 1885 C. Swainson 32 The penduline form of the nest, and the feathers which compose the lining, have obtained for the bird the names of..Poke pudding or Poke bag (Gloucestershire; Salop)... Feather poke. 1895 28 Nov. Lost. A poke bag, Wednesday evening. 1988 G. Somerset 7 Inside [the general store c1900] were treasures of all kinds..chocolate buttons in poke bags, and..the wonderful penny classics we loved. 1799 J. Banister 229 This office may be performed by a lad, who from the nature of his employment is called a poke boy. 1805 R. W. Dickson II. 753 [Hops] Another person will be requisite in the hop-plantation,..to pick up the scattered branches of the binds, and convey the produce to the kiln. A boy is in general employed in this business, who..is commonly called the poke boy. 1916 E. Blunden 24 While through the avenues of hops The measurers and the poke-boys go. a1568 A. Montgomerie liv. 2 Fyndlay McConnoquhy, fuf McFadȝan, Cativilie geilȝie with ye poik~braik. ?c1615 (1830) 151 The careyaris of wictuellis, quhilkis wes boyis callit in Eirsche pok-braikis. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > cheek > [adjective] > types of cheek > having 1843 T. Carlyle Let. 16 Aug. in (1990) XVII. 54 A long soft poke-cheeked face, with busy anxious black eyes. the world > animals > fish > [adjective] > caught by hook into stomach 1883 25 902/1 Many..fish..are caught, not by the hook entering the jaws of the fish, but because it is fastened in their stomach,..a fish so captured is called ‘poke-hooked’. 1938 Sept. 260/1 When the representative of the Neolithic period fished in that lake in the valley of the Somme, all the fish he took must have been poke-hooked. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > pack-horse > with particular type of loads 1669 Gateshead Church Bk. in R. O. Heslop (1894) (at cited word) Bring all the Poke-horses that trespasse upon the ffell into the comon pinefold. 1894 R. O. Heslop Poke-horse, a pack horse. Lead ore was formerly transported from the mine to the smelt mill in pokes, carried by galloways on the top of a wood saddle. 1583 in J. D. Marwick (1882) IV. 303 Leith, stingmen, polkmen and metters... Anent the polkmen, off ilk boll of quheitt [etc.]..for setting on the schoir, ane penny. 1664 J. Nicholson Diurnals 27 Feb. in (at cited word) To the pokmen for 200 bolls bier carrying to Geo. Black his boat according to 12 d. per boll. 1668 Haddington Burgh Rec. 10 Nov. in (at cited word) The firlots and pecks of the beir, ait, malt and pock mercats are sett to Robert Smyth for the yeir to come. 1844 J. Miller 524 Bear, malt, oat, and pock markets. the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > bag-net 1442 (MED) [Poacher] cum canibus pucsnetts. 1693 in R. Renwick (1889) II. 68 That pretended right of the Lady Alvas to fish with pock netts. 1792 J. Sinclair II. 16 Pock-net fishing..is performed by fixing stakes or stours (as they are called) in the sand. 1845 XIV. 165 Catching fresh water fish with a kind of pock-net. 1994 3 June 19/2 As for poke nets they are nothing new. society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > youngest child the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > young > litter > runt 1808 J. Jamieson Pock-shakings.., a vulgar term, used to denote the youngest child of a family... It often implies the idea of something puny in appearance. 1844 H. Stephens II. 700 The small weak pigs are usually nicknamed wrigs, or pock shakings. 1931 in at Pock Ay, I had a big femly: thir twaa here are jist the pokeshakins. 1985 A. Blair xii. 102 They were my proudest possession they dishes, for many a long year. Forbye them, we started off wi' just a few poke-shakin's he had of his mother's, a bit cutlery, a few towels a pot an' that. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > arm > types of 1592 J. Stow 519 Gownes with deepe and broade sleeues, commonly called poke sleeues. 1714 No. 619. ⁋9 My learned Correspondent who writes against Master's Gowns and Poke Sleeves. 1957 M. B. Picken 511/2 Poke sleeve, obsolete type of sleeve, cut long and wide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). poken.2 Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Or perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: poke v.1; poke n.1 Etymology: Probably < poke v.1, with reference to the brim poking out or projecting (and thus etymologically identical with poke n.5), or perhaps a specific use of poke n.1, with reference to its shape or appearance. 1. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > projecting front c1614 in (1870) 137 Ane exceiding fyne gray felt hait withe ane poik of gray tafetie and ane gray cyperis band weill imbrowderit. 1631 R. Brathwait 15 [They] take delight in wearing..huge poakes to shroud their phantasticke heads. 1682 in (1876) App. 610/1 [Earl of Aberdeen, Chancellor] for a pock to my lords hatt, 7 s. 10 d. 1770 Lady M. Coke 28 Dec. The headdress..must be black, that is to say the poke and the lappits, but upon the head you are permitted to wear the ribbon of the colour of your robe. 1813 Lady Burghersh (1893) 61 An immense quilling of lace or ribbon round the poke. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ III. vi. l. 222 The close poke of her little black bonnet hid her face from him. 1896 G. F. Northall 180 Poke, a peak; as ‘The poke of a cap.’ SE. Worc. 1957 M. B. Picken 260/2 Poke, projecting front brim of bonnet. 1990 L. Todd 130 What happened my pixie.., the one wi' the poke? the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > hood or brim to protect face 1859 G. A. Sala xxix. 341 Ladies..with blue pokes to their bonnets. ?1884 E. A. Hunter in M. M. Dodge 125 Miss Polly Betsey Patterson, In a Mother Hubbard cloak And a Mother Hubbard bonnet, With a most bewitching poke. 1957 M. B. Picken 260/2 Poke, detachable hat brim worn by women in mid-19th century. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > other the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hood > other 1632 in (1896) App. III. 235 Ane nicht pok of blew, imbroderit with gold. 1646 Edinb. Test. LXII. f. 128v, in (at cited word) Nyne pocks or huids estimat all to xiij lib. 1681 S. Colvil i. 83 Like gilliwetfoots purging states By papers thrown in pocks or hats. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > woman's bonnet > types of > poke bonnet the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > woman's bonnet > types of > worn by specific people 1815 Countess Granville 6 Sept. (1894) I. 78 Miss Smith in a little crushed muslin poke. 1839 T. Hood Lit. & Literal in 380 They came—each ‘Pig-faced Lady’, in that bonnet We call a poke. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ II. iii. xxiv. 134 A grey frieze livery and a straw poke, such as my aunt's charity children wear. 1896 G. M. Stisted xi. 269 [In Salt Lake City] A poke-bonnet was universally worn—why is the Poke a symbol of piety, Quakers, Salvationists, Mormons, Sisters of Mercy retiring alike inside its ungraceful shape? 1921 Jan. 15/3 There was a smart tailored [hat] of brown satin, a cunning poke for a wee maiden. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > collar 1908 ‘O. Henry’ 147 With only feetwear and a dozen 15½ English pokes in his shopping bag. 1924 27 Apr. 6 Poke, a collar. Compounds the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > projecting front 1879 7 June Polka-dotted Swiss muslin covers part of the poke brim plainly, and is gathered back to form a puffed Alsacian bow on the crown. 1928 27 Feb. 17/6 The black straw hat has a poke brim and flat scarlet trimming. 1993 S. Stewart iii. 12 Deep as a covered waggon was the poke-brim of that black sunbonnet with her old..face nestlin beady-eyed in the back. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > hat > having a brim > other 1899 3 June 8/3 The poke-brimmed hat, reminiscent of the thirties, is in cream-coloured straw trimmed with tulle. 1939 12 Feb. c1/3 Carolyn..will wear a short aqua blue taffeta dress..and her poke brimmed hat. 1898 1 Oct. 7/3 The shirts may be made opening in front with a straight standing poke collar and round-cornered link cuffs attached. 1924 12 Dec. 8/3 You see the poke collar, a comparatively rare style, together with a white tie having a snug knot and outspread ends. 1969 R. T. Wilcox 81/1 Poke collar, a stiff standing collar with slight front opening and points softly bent forward. Early twentieth century. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > other 1810 II. 106 Her hair was..adorned with a poke-fly cap, and long lace lappets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). poken.3 Origin: A borrowing from Algonquian. Etymon: Algonquian apooke. Etymology: < Virginia Algonquian apooke tobacco, literally ‘thing for smoking’. Obsolete. the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > substitutes for tobacco the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding drug or narcotic > [noun] > tobacco-plant > varieties of 1588 T. Hariot sig. C3 There is an herbe..called by the inhabitants uppówoc... The Spaniardes call it Tobacco. c1612 W. Strachey (1953) i. x. 122 There is here great store of Tobacco which the Saluages call Apooke.] 1634 (1865) 20 After this, was brought..a great Bagg, filled with a large Tobacco-pipe and Poake, which is the word they vse for our Tobacco. 1672 J. Josselyn 54 Tobacco,..the Indians make use of a small kind with short round leaves called Pooke. 1792 J. Belknap III. 126 A running vine, bearing a small berry, and a round leaf, which Josselyn (who wrote in 1672) says, the fishermen called poke; it is known to the hunters by the name of Indian tobacco. 1798 1st Ser. V. 57 He then wishing to smoke a pipe, ransacked the island for tobacco; but, finding none, filled his pipe with poke, a weed which the Indians sometimes used as its substitute. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). poken.4Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Algonquian. Etymon: Algonquian pocan. Etymology: Apparently < Algonquian pocan (see pocan n.). Compare earlier poke n.3 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Phytolaccaceae (poke-weed and allies) > [noun] 1687 J. Clayton Let. in (Royal Soc.) (1742) 41 150 When they design to give a Purge, they make use of..Poake-root, i.e. Solanum bacciferum. 1708 W. Byrd Let. 10 Sept. in (1921) 1 190 We call the plant here [i.e. in Virginia] Poke; it bears a purple berry. 1733 P. Miller Phytolacca,..American Nightshade,..commonly call'd Virginian Poke or Porke Physick. 1769 W. Stork 19 Phytolacca octandra... In Mexico, like Virginia poke. 1802 J. Drayton 70 Poke. (Phytolacca decandria.) Grows on rich land. The young sprouts of it are used in the spring for soup. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore II. 885/2 The Pocan, or Virginian Poke or Poke-weed, is a branching herbaceous plant, with a smooth green or sometimes purplish stem..with large green or purplish leaves. 1908 A. R. Harding (rev. ed.) xxiii. 265 Pokeweed. Phytolacca decandra L. a... Poke, pigeon-berry,..Virginia poke, inkberry,..American nightshade. 1945 13 May vii. 1/3 Opal had found the first tightly curled leaves of poke, the best known of all Ozark greens. 1977 W. H. Lewis & M. P. F. Elvin-Lewis iv. 90/1 Poke..has long been a favorite spring potherb in the southern United States. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > white or swamp hellebore 1785 M. Cutler in 1 492 Veratrum... White Helebore. Poke-root. Indian Poke. Common in wet meadows and swamps. 1850 A. Wood (ed. 10) 557 V[eratrum] viride... Poke. White Hellebore... The root is emetic and stimulant, but poisonous, and should be used with caution. 1879 R. Bartholow (ed. 3) 455 Poke has been proposed as an emetic, but..the great depression of the powers of life which it causes..will ever prevent its employment. 1931 E. O. Essig vii. 449 The American white hellebore or Indian poke, V[eratrum] viride. 1996 238 Indian Poke. This is a splendid and noble species from North America for a moist shady position in the border. Compounds the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Phytolaccaceae (poke-weed and allies) > [noun] the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Phytolaccaceae (poke-weed and allies) > [adjective] > of or relating to poke-weed 1754 M. Catesby & G. Edwards (rev. ed.) II. Index Poke berries, poison. 1834 W. A. Caruthers II. 215 His face looks like it was boiled in poke-berry juice and indigo. 1911 G. Stratton-Porter xiii. 252 Pokeberry!.. Roots bring five cents a pound. Good blood purifier. 1974 A. Dillard xiv. 249 A skin-colored sandstone ledge beside me was stained with pokeberry juice. 2004 (Nexis) 10 Jan. (Ontario ed.) (Life section) l4 1910: Phytoline weight-loss tablets contained arsenic, strychnine, caffeine and pokeberries. Arsenic speeds up the digestive tract; pokeberries act as a laxative. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > leaf vegetables > [noun] > other leaves 1848 31 222 The southern negro will dance after eating his poke-greens and bacon. 1938 M. K. Rawlings i. 12 There were poke-greens with bits of white bacon buried in them. 1990 T. C. Boyle i. 39 White sliced a cucumber and tomato, fixed a side dish of poke greens. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Asclepiadaceae (milk-weed and allies) > [noun] 1890 Poke-milkweed, an American plant, Asclepias phytolaccoides, with some resemblance to pokeweed. 1902 254 After poke is named the ‘poke milkweed’ (Asclepias phytolaccoides), also called ‘poke-leaved milkweed’ and ‘poke-leaved silkweed’. 1993 47 107/2 Rates of gene flow via pollen into populations of insect-pollinated herbaceous species ranged..as high as 10% in a poke milkweed population isolated from conspecifics by 1 km. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > hellebores or medicinal hellebores the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > white or swamp hellebore the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant > poke-weed the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > root > specific roots 1687poake-root [see sense 1]. 1785 M. Cutler in 1 492 Veratrum... White Helebore. Poke-root. Indian Poke. Common in wet meadows and swamps. 1811 8 May [For a cancer cure] take pocoon root, finely powdered, etc... Take young poke-root roasted [etc.]. 1905 E. A. U. Valentine 65 I'm sure I'd never trust him after he nearly poisoned you all, mistaking poke-root for burdock. 1995 (Royal Hort. Soc.) Nov. 663/3 If you were looking for something a little more unusual, Jekka's Herb Farm brought a selection of ‘poke roots’, tall, herbaceous plants with pink flowers, to the Show. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > leaf vegetables > [noun] > poke-weed 1877 4 Apr. Poke salad is famous for this sort of business. Longfellow and a great many other fellows used to cry for it when they were babies. 1913 H. Kephart xiii. 282 This poke salat eats good. 1992 N. Cohn xviii. 320 It had a vaguely Southern look, a whiff of boondocks and poke salad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). poken.5Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: poke v.1 I. The action of poking (in various senses). 1. the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the hand > with the fist the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > poking or prodding > a poke or prod 1690 W. Mountfort iii. i. 30 Well said Conscience, Let me go dog; Let me have but one poke at him. 1788 J. Cobb ii. 46 It be so charmant to see Jack Roast Beef ven he be enragé,..ven dey give him little poke, and rouze him up. 1796 (ed. 3) Poke, a blow with the fist; I'll lend you a poke. 1831 1 155 With a poke at the fire to make it blaze the brighter. 1847 C. Dickens (1848) xvii. 166 The Captain, making a poke at the door with the knobby stick to assure himself that it was shut. 1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton III. xvii. i. 207 With a sly look..giving me a poke in the ribs. 1936 J. Steinbeck viii. 120 ‘They got those cops here quick,’ said Burke. ‘I'd like to take a poke at a few of 'em.’ 1988 M. Warner xxi. 223 Children climbed up lamp posts to get a view until the Civil Guard ordered them down with a poke of their cudgels. 1995 J. Miller v. 86 We just seem to have developed an irreverent style, having a poke at everyone. the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > a benefit > that makes happy or prosperous > minimally 1844 R. H. Barham in Feb. 326 Didn't his Majesty call it all flummery, Scorning The warning, And get the next morning His poke in the eye from that clumsy Montgomery? 1852 ‘G. Eliot’ 4 Dec. (1954) II. 71 ‘Then,’ he said..‘Here are those “Letters from Ireland” which I hope will be something better than a poke in the eye.’ 1881 S. Evans (new ed.) 273 ‘A poke i' the eye wi' a burnt stick’, is a phrase setting up a sort of standard by which to estimate the desirability of any existing or hypothetical contingency. 1944 J. Cary xvi. 81 Anarchists who love God always fall for Spinoza because he tells them that God doesn't love them. This is just what they need. A poke in the eye. 1961 F. Brown x. 125 It would be thirty-seven bucks and some odd cents. I told him that that was better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. 2004 (Nexis) 26 Jan. a30 There's not a lot of money in Australia to make a living from it so even if you come home with a couple of hundred dollars it's better than a poke in the eye. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke 1853 F. Gale 54 Sticker gets his runs by quiet little pokes one at a time. 1896 W. J. Ford in Sept. 278 Besides..‘the draw’, there was another weapon forged for the armoury of him for whom leg-hitting was not—viz. the ‘Cambridge Poke’, so called, I believe, in contemptuous irony. 1928 2 June 5/1 Though he is horrid in his occasional aimless poke at rising balls, his late cut, when he does get over the ball, is very, very good. 1960 J. Fingleton xvi. 133 He was confusing the cut with the ‘poke’, a disastrous nibbling by so many Englishmen. 2005 (Nexis) 14 Jan. 36 There were a welter of fours among the nudges and pokes, including an uncharacteristic straight drive for six. 1894 17 June If old rules were permitted to stand he would be compelled to decide between a bunted ball and the consumptive off spring [sic] of a hard poke. 1919 27 Aug. 12/1 Fletcher got a poke to Ponder, who tossed the ball home while Burns slid in safely. 1988 R. Angell (1989) i. 14 In the ninth he pulled down a mighty poke..after running at full tilt from mid-center field into deep left center. 2004 (Electronic ed.) Apr. 58 Bobby Clampett could average more than 260 yards off the tee (276 yards per poke led the PGA Tour in 1982). the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse > an act of the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual partner > [noun] > specifically female 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley V. 242 Poke,..an act of coition. 1958 N. Levine ii. 83 When I meet her I only want a poke. Then she tell me a baby made. 1968 H. C. Rae ii. i. 77 ‘Caroline’, said Derek..‘wouldn't make a good poke for a blind hunchback.’ 1977 11 Aug. 184/4 Turning a series of squalid pokes into a series of honourable combats. 1991 9 Oct. 25/1 So you take a potential poke out to dinner or to the pictures. 2000 June 100/1 Every time he sees me he comes and says, ‘How about a poke, little darlin’? the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > capacity for exertion of mechanical force > power or rate of work known as horse-power 1965 R. T. Bickers vi. 69 With all that extra poke under the bonnet. 1971 C. Bonington xiv. 183 Martin and Nick have done a terrific job [on the climb], but I think they've burnt themselves out in doing it. We must have some real poke out in front, and I just don't think they've got it any longer. 1979 1 July 3/5 I expect you'd prefer something with a bit more poke. A Ferrari say, or an Aston Martin. 1986 Sept. 44/1 I obviously fitted in with his idea of a British airgunner who wanted a pistol with a bit of poke. 2005 (Nexis) 11 Mar. 14 It was tweaked to produce a fraction more poke and drink less petrol. society > computing and information technology > hardware > [noun] > primary storage or main memory > function for altering contents society > computing and information technology > programming language > [noun] > high-level language > statements or functions in BASIC 1978 M. Waite & M. Pardee v. 159 PEEK and POKE (EXAM and FILL in some BASICS) allow direct control over individual memory locations. 1984 J. Campbell iii. 40 Another way that you may control the positioning of the cursor is to use the POKE instruction. 1990 Apr. 73/2 I cannot get off the third scene, will you please! please! send me a poke for infinite time or the ability to skip levels. Any poke will do. 2000 (Nexis) 27 Apr. Those of us..who turn pale at the thought of..typing commands such as PEEK and POKE. 1992 15 Sept. 23/6 On arrival, the patrolman had a poke around the car. 1999 M. Sawyer (2000) v. 96 Everyone wanted..a nosy poke round someone else's cupboards. 2001 4 × 4 Dec. (Land Rover Defender Suppl.) 27/3 I was having a general poke and prod around under the bonnet..when I noticed the serpentine fan belt was beginning to show signs of cracking. II. A thing that pokes. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > restraining frame 1809 E. A. Kendall II. 198 A hog..by some mischance had turned his poke, so that his throat was squeezed into one of the acuter angles. 1859 J. G. Holland iv. 43 We put a poke upon a vicious cow. 1875 E. H. Knight Poke, a device..to prevent its [sc. an animal's] jumping over, crawling through, or breaking down fences... They vary with the kind of stock to which they are attached,—horses, cattle, hogs, or geese. 1949 R. J. Sim 105 Such a rig is known as a ‘poke’. It is put on the neck of a critter with fence-jumping inclinations. 1956 W. R. Bird viii. 220 And here were some sheep, too, with pokes. 1994 (Nexis) 15 Oct. Pictured..is a wooden poke, used to keep sheep, goats and calves from getting through fences. III. A person who pokes. the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person 1847 30 Sept. What slowpoke ever benefitted the world, his friends, or himself. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Poke, a lazy person, a dawdle; as ‘what a slow poke you are!’ A woman's word. 1856 W. G. Simms 247 ‘Did you pick up any fellows?’ ‘A few pokes—not much; but they hev horses.’ 1875 A. Daly Big Bonanza i. i, in (1942) XX. 179 I think the professor is a perfect old poke, and Caroline is as haughty as Trinity steeple, with her nonsensical airs. 1888 F. T. Elworthy (at cited word) A riglur old poke, one step to-day and another to-morrow. 1905 D. G. Phillips 49 All the drones and pokes and nobodies are just crazy about..trying to make out they're somebody. 1934 M. H. Weseen 380 Poke, a bore; a poor companion; a stupid person; a lazy person. 1965–70 (1996) III. 241/2 Q[uestion]. A dull and stupid person. [Indiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Vermont] Poke. Compounds With adverbs, frequently corresponding to senses of poke v.1the world > food and drink > food > meal > picnic or packed meal > [noun] > barbecue the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > find by other specific means society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > charitableness or alms-giving > that which is given in charity the world > food and drink > food > supply of food or provisions > gift or offering of food > [noun] > food parcel > for tramp the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > rummaging or thorough searching > an act of 1874 J. Ruskin Let. in (1887) 3 We go into the Sacristy and have a reverent little poke out of relics. 1894 ‘J. Flynt’ in Mar. 713/2 He returned with a ‘poke-out’ (food given at the door). 1907 J. London 12 I could ‘throw my feet’ with the next one when it came to ‘slamming a gate’ for a ‘poke-out’ or a ‘set-down’. 1937 ‘D. Boyle’ iv. 55 Yuh sure can batter 'em for a poke-out. 1986 R. L. Chapman (1987) 332/2 Poke-out, food, esp that handed out in a package from a back door. the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] 1901 ‘L. Malet’ vi. vii We could ride over that..land and have a poke round for sites. 1987 W. J. Burley (BNC) 151 I expect his mother comes in from time to time and has a good old poke round. the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > pushing > a push 1905 18 Aug. 3/1 All the birds sit so close that ‘good dog Ponto’ almost has to give them a poke-up with his..nose to induce them to rise at all. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). poken.6Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: shitepoke n. Etymology: Shortened < shitepoke n. U.S. regional. Now rare. the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > butorides virescens (green heron) 1791 W. Bartram ii. x. 293 A[rdea] viriscens [sic]; the green bitern or poke. 1844 ii. 224 The Poke, Chalk-line, Fly-up-the-creek, or Schyte Poke as he was called by our Dutch ancestors, is a southern species. 1883 17 432 The great American bittern... From its common attitude of rest, with its bill pointing straight up,..it has gained the names ‘look-up’, and ‘garde-soleil’. The name ‘poke’ may refer to the same thing, but more probably to its slow, awkward movements. 1920 May 75/1 ‘Poke’ (little green herons) were more numerous than humans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). poken.7Origin: A borrowing from Hawaiian. Etymon: Hawaiian poke. Etymology: < Hawaiian poke slice, piece. 1978 H. J. Fortner 45 Recipes include the very popular Hawaiian poke and lomi salmon. 1996 R. Laudan 37 A little raggedness in the bits of poke is no matter. 2019 (Nexis) 22 Mar. 49 Poke bowls typically combine sliced fresh fish such as sushi salmon and ahi tuna with sushi rice, fresh salad and tropical fruits. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pokev.1 Origin: Of multiple origins. Apparently either (i) a borrowing from Dutch. Or (ii) a borrowing from Middle Low German. Etymons: Dutch pōken; Middle Low German pōken. Etymology: Apparently either < Middle Dutch pōken to stoke (a fire), to stab, also ‘to thrust, push’ (Dutch poken to stoke (a fire)), or < its cognate Middle Low German pōken to thrust with a knife or dagger, or perhaps the reflex of an Old English cognate of these words (see note); Middle Dutch pōken and Middle Low German pōken are related to Middle Dutch poke dagger, poker (Dutch pook poker), Middle Low German pōk dagger, large knife (German regional (Low German) pook), all ultimately of unknown origin. It is not clear if the verbs or nouns are primary in Middle Low German and Middle Dutch.The existence of an Old English verb pucian to jab, incite, urge, is perhaps shown by the following gloss (although the reading is disputed):OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in Anzeiger f. Kunde der teutschen Vorzeit (1839) 8 242/3 Repens medullas [indoles] afflarat : pucigende in mearga gindbleaw.The glossator appears to be rendering Latin repens new, sudden (an adjective modifying indoles innate goodness) rather freely with pucigende that incites, that urges (compare sense 3). This interpretation seems preferable to the assumption that the glossator has mistaken repens for the present participle of classical Latin rēpere to creep, crawl (a sense which does not answer well to any attested sense of poke v.1), or to the conclusion of H. D. Meritt ( Old Eng. Prudentius Glosses (1959) 68), who reads piuigende (not pucigende ), which he sees as implying the existence of an otherwise unattested verb pyfian , a weak Class II by-form of pyffan puff v. Scottish Gaelic pùc to push, jostle is apparently < Scots. With Irish poc to strike (e.g. a hurling ball) (with short vowel) compare perhaps pock n.2 The β. forms apparently show the result of raising of the vowel to Middle English ū , perhaps as a result of the position before k (compare E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) §151). Apparently attested earlier in the surname of William Pokekertelle (1224); compare sense 5. I. General uses. 1. the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > strike with pushing action > poke or prod c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) p. 552 Þer com þe fischer priueliche, & puked þemperour softliche; His tale to him he told. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 249 Aleyn the clerc..poked [v.rr. pouked on, poukede] Iohn and seyde slepestow. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich (1932) III. l. 25365 Boors..gan hym dyht there as kyng Ameuȝ ȝit lay Stylle..and with his swerd he poked hym þere vppon his Scheld jn diuers Manere. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) 13849 An Aungel..Pookede hym and made hym ryse. a1500 (?c1450) 367 (MED) He..putte the poynte of his swerde on his shelde, and be-gan to pouke [Fr. bouter] hym, and cleped, ‘Rise up, Kynge Amaunt.’ 1828 N. Webster Poke,..to thrust at with the horns, as an ox; a popular use of the word in New England. 1839 C. Dickens xviii. 169 ‘You naughty creature!’ said the lively lady, poking the peer with her parasol. 1878 E. W. Clark 90 One of my bearers poked him [sc. a snake] gently with a stick. 1889 D. E. Hurst (ed. 2) Gloss. Doant goo into that field, may be you'll be pooked [by a bull or cow] if you do. 1909 J. London Chinago in July 237/1 He poked the Chinago in the ribs, and chuckled. 1922 J. Joyce ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 347 Cissy poked him..out of fun in his wee fat tummy. 1987 P. Farmer (1988) 53 Janey chooses to poke her little brother. the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > into or as into other specific receptacles the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body > in some direction, purposefully the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with sharp weapon society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or penetrate (of weapon) [verb (transitive)] > strike with pointed weapon a1425 J. Wyclif (1869) I. 12 (MED) Cast first þe beeme out of þin owne eye, and þan maist þou poke beter þe mot fro þi broþir. 1665 J. Phillips tr. P. Scarron v. 147 Hercules that then stood by, Pokes out his other [eye]. 1675 J. Smith i. 20 To poak out Leviathan, from under that shelf of prejudice. 1700 T. Brown ix. 97 One of them would have been poking a Cranes Bill down his Throat. 1781 F. Burney Let. 3 June in (2003) IV. 358 I poked the 3 Guineas in his Hand, & told him I would come again another Time. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith 6 He pokes her head between the bars, And melts off half her nose! 1864 J. H. Burton I. iv. 171 When Montgomery poked out the eye of Henry II in the tilt-yard. 1866 C. Kingsley I. ix. 215 I cannot have you poked through with a Zeeland pike. 1939 A. Ransome xxii. 261 She jumped up, grabbed the message, scrumpled it up and poked it into the stove. 1994 J. Galloway v. 61 Cassie reached over, poking a paper tissue at the stain, knowing it wouldn't come off but doing it anyway. 1802 F. O'Neill 11 To sweep the dust, and poke the kitchen fire. 1811 38 92 The bellows is used at once to blow and to poke the fire. 1932 W. Lewis ii. xi. 202 A brazier had been brought over and placed beside our host: this he poked up a little. 1980 M. Robinson ii. 29 Lily poked up the fire and Nona lowered the shades. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > hit with specific stroke 1836 Oct. 360 He was very successful in poking leg stump balls for one run. 1862 J. Pycroft 45 See, he is longing to poke the ball to the on-side. 1872 Aug. 166 The Eton men hit with freedom..the same bowling that the day before..they only poked or played with tameness and hesitation. 1969 20 May 13/4 Russell, having amassed one in half an hour, poked a ball from Woolmer's excellent first over to silly midwicket. 2005 (Nexis) 6 Jan. (Sports section) 1 Lurching down the pitch, Key tried to poke the ball onto the on side—a shot all risk and no value. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (transitive)] > actions of batter 1880 15 May 7/1 Kelly poked the ball to the pitcher, after having two strikes called. 1908 Aug. 229/1 Sharky poked a bingle. 1951 in H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner (1960) 399/2 Jackie Robinson poked a pitch out of the park. 1980 R. Mayer xi. 147 Mike McCormick, the first batter for the Bisons, poked a hit over second. the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > specific animate object 1906 3 122 I poked him on the nose. 1936 C. Odets Paradise Lost in (1939) 177 Shut up or I'll poke you one! 1959 S. J. Baker 136 Poke, v., to hit a person with the fist. 1980 M. Bail iii. 179 If he took one more step I was going to poke him one. 1996 M. Burgess (1997) xxiii. 208 He'd have loved to poke me one. 2. ?c1335 in W. Heuser (1904) 171 (MED) I lench, i len, on lyme i lasse, I poke, i pomple, i palle, i passe, As galliþ gome igeld. 1762 G.-A. Gallini 163 A vulgar or improper carriage of the head, either by poking the neck, or stooping the head. 1774 J. Woodforde Diary 3 June in (1969) 228 Miss Wood is very pretty but pokes a good deal. 1776 F. Burney (1990) II. 211 She laughs louder than a man, pokes her Head vehemently, Dresses shockingly. c1810 H. Shelley in J. A. Symonds (1878) ii. 45 It was not worn as a punishment, but because I poked. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins I. xi. 185 ‘A quarter's dancing’ would be well bestowed on the young lady, as she certainly poked most terribly. 1888 F. T. Elworthy (at cited word) Stan' up! don't poke like that. 1900 E. Glyn (1906) 3 They both poke their heads, and Jane turns in her toes. a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor (1953) 216 Poke,..to stoop; to go about with a stoop. He pokes more nor he usen. 1994 June 54/2 Poke, to carry the neck stretched forward in an abnormally low, ungainly position, usually when moving. 1611 R. Cotgrave Gibbe, a bunch, or swelling; a hulch; any thing that stands poking out. 1828 W. Carr (ed. 2) Poke, to project, to lean forward, to bag out. 1852 H. B. Stowe II. xx. 34 I get up in the morning,..and see one black head poking out from under the table. 1873 T. Hardy II. x. 229 He used to have to leave open his chamber door every night.., and let his feet poke out upon the landing. 1905 A. T. Sheppard iii. ii. 242 The powdered wig-tail poked out truculently above the red collar. 1951 E. Bowen vi. 158 Upon his flank rebel rifles came poking out through the railings of the Green. 1980 B. Bainbridge i. 10 His awareness of flowers was..poor... The things either poked up out of the ground or lolled in vases. the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)] the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > stir up or rouse up > specifically a thing or condition c1400 (a1376) W. Langland (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. vi. 97 (MED) Wraþþe..pokiþ [v.r. poukiþ] þe for pride to preise þiselue. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. vi. 119 (MED) Peris þe plouȝman..pukide [v.r. powkid] hym to goode. a1450 (?a1300) (Caius) (1810) 5937 (MED) Kyng Richard pokyd [c1450 BL Add. pekyd; v.rr. pykked, thoghte] gret errour; Wrathe dede hym chaung colour. a1500 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Stowe) 16317 (MED) But yiff..somme sodeyne aduersyte excyte me and pooke vp-on me, I kan neuere..haue hertly Recours vnto the. 1602 B. Jonson ii. i. sig. Cv You must still be poking me, against my will to things. View more context for this quotation 1825 J. T. Brockett Poked, offended, piqued. ‘Aw've poked him, sare’. 1851 7 June 388/3 A little too fond of poking up the prejudices and peculiarities of priests and bishops. 1884 12 July 201/2 To poke up a great conflagration in the country. 1935 ‘A. Bridge’ xiv. 177 Separation sometimes poked people up, made them more aware of their own feelings. 1976 J. I. M. Stewart vii. 153 She was certainly trying to poke him up, to get some sort of response. 4. the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)] the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > strike with pushing action > poke or prod 1599 H. Porter sig. I2v I will grope in the darke for him, or Ile poke with my staffe like a blinde man, to preuent a ditch. 1608 R. Armin sig. B4v Now our Philosophicall Poker pokte on, and poynted to a strange shew. 1643 W. Davenant v. i Swords they have all..they'll serve To poke. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer 327 We found them [sc. pagodas] ruin'd..and poked again in the dark hole. 1784 F. Burney 15 Jan. (1842) II. 302 I was really obliged to go and poke at the fire with all my might. 1867 G. MacDonald I. vi. 128 I saw them..poking with a long stick in the pond. 1867 A. Trollope II. lvii. 136 He raised his umbrella and poked angrily at the..notice. 1901 M. Hewlett Dan Costard's Tale in 79 It [sc. a babe]..poked for the nipple and found it not. 1960 C. Day Lewis ii. 31 I poked at a ladybird with a grass stem. 1994 J. Kelman 330 He held it [sc. a stick] steady and poked with it. the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > position specific body part [verb (transitive)] > head, face, or eyes 1726 J. Swift I. ii. v. 98 He poked his Paw into my Chamber. 1783 F. Burney (2012) V. 244 He pokes his nose more into ones face than ever. 1797 VIII. 669/1 For horses..who poke out their noses, a running snaffle is of excellent use. 1852 H. B. Stowe I. viii. 100 Marks,..poking his sharp nose and chin almost into Haley's face, gave the most earnest heed to the whole narrative. 1860 O. W. Holmes viii. 248 Those horrid old women poke their fingers into the salt-meat on the provision-stalls. 1920 D. H. Lawrence ix. 214 Madame poked two fingers through the hole in the toe of a red-and-black sock. 1977 Nov. 30/1 ‘Go and get yourself naffed, you chauvinistic, capitalistic leper,’ she rejoined sweetly, poking both index fingers into his eyes. 1984 J. Kelman i. 23 She poked her tongue out at him. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (transitive)] 1795 J. Swanwick 57 I fancied some waggith ‘wight’ had been poking his fun at you. 1825 J. Neal 108 He's ony pokin' fun at us, all the time, I know! 1840 T. Hood 145 The American..in a dry way began to ‘poke his fun’ at the unfortunate traveller. 1861 T. Hughes I. xiv. 265 The first thing you do is to poke fun at me out of your wretched classics! 1909 ‘O. Henry’ xx. 340 There comes in a party of these high-rollers that are always hunting up new places to eat in and poke fun at. 1964 L. Woolf II. 115 Hundreds of people have poked their fun at the Webbs and they were so absurd that you could not caricature them for they were always caricaturing themselves. 2004 (Nexis) 10 Jan. k6 Trinidad birthed the musical art form calypso, which pokes fun at social, political and humorous events. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (intransitive)] > types of stroke 1851 J. Pycroft vii. 114 Mere stopping balls and poking about in the blockhole is not cricket. 1899 E. V. Lucas 146 (The Cricket Ball Sings) Perish the muff and the little tin Shrewsbury, Meanly contented to potter and poke. 1927 M. A. Noble 193 His usual aggression was missing and he poked about, mistiming and apparently being unable to make a clean stroke. 1954 E. Raymond vi. 90 Slow scoring because each batsman is poking cautiously at the spinning ball. 2004 (Nexis) 12 Apr. Gayle..poked at a ball spinning away from him and sent a low catch back to Batty's toes. the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with > specifically of a man 1602 T. Dekker sig. D3v Sir Vau. A Rebato must be poaked; now many women weare Rebatoes, and many that weare Rebatoes—Sir Adam. Must be poakt. 1868 tr. Martial 27 Saufeia,..though she was willing to be poked, would not enter the bath with the poet for decency's sake. c1890 I. vi. 184 I felt as if I was wicked in getting into her, almost as if I was going to poke my mother. 1962 J. Braine ix. 129 I wanted to poke Lucy so I poked her. 1970 J. Glassco xvii. 154 The formula of the Hemingway hero is that he loves and therefore he dies. As one of his own hardboiled characters would say—he pokes and he croaks. 1975 N. Luard xvi. 144 They're far from sure she's the one this GI poked. the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > strike with pushing action > poke or prod > make by poking 1646 Sir T. Browne iii. xx. 155 They [sc. snails] will notwithstanding make use of their protrusions or hornes, and poke out their way as before. 1823 337/2 Like children who poke a hole in a drum to see what it is. 1881 A. Trollope I. xix. 230 Poking their way up through thick bushes from a ravine, they showed their two heads. 1920 D. H. Lawrence xxix. 479 She was furious. She wanted to poke a hole into them both. 1972 F. Mowat vii. 93 We was an hour poking our way to the pushthrough what leads into Aldridges Pond. 1993 (National Weekly ed.) 19 Apr. 4/2 Both of them can poke holes in the Republicans' claim that the $2.5 billion is..a political payoff for the support Democratic mayors gave Clinton's election. 7. the mind > attention and judgement > be curious, wonder [verb (intransitive)] > pry 1715 M. Prior 11 Hang Homer and Virgil; their meaning to seek, A man must have pok'd into Latin and Greek. 1757 II. viii. 114 Prying into every Corner, and poking about with Poles. a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III vi, in (?1840) 243/1 No longer imitating Pope, In that barbarian Shakspeare poking. 1850 T. A. Trollope xvi. 255 In vain I poked among its obscure lanes. 1888 J. Payn xx Having a lawyer to poke and pry into his accounts. 1934 D. Hammett xvi. 114 Whilst he was telephoning, I poked around in drawers and closets, but found nothing. 1953 K. Tennant 70 She hadn't asked him to bring any women poking about. 1995 9 Oct. 373/2 The committee..has announced it will not poke into this subject any further. the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > be idle or unoccupied [verb (intransitive)] > potter or waste time in trifling activity 1811 J. Austen II. iii. 38 Lord bless me! how do you think I can live poking by myself? View more context for this quotation 1839 E. FitzGerald (1889) I. 49 I dare say you think it very absurd that [I] should poke about here in the country, when I might be in London seeing my friends. 1876 M. M. Grant I. viii. 234 I should enjoy poking about a bit on Dinah's back. 1892 1 210 This train pokes. 1925 V. Woolf 237 He would go to Oxford and poke about in the Bodleian. 1960 L. Masters 42 After several days poking about not too far from their camp in the Kawekas that pair managed to drop a spiker stag. 1986 G. Keillor 135 I poked along over the Post Toasties as long as I could, then my mother sent me out to pick tomatoes. society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)] > confine in a narrow space 1860 C. M. Yonge I. x. 385 Poking himself up in such a horrid place. 1864 C. E. L. Riddell I. xiv. 266 It would break her heart,..to be poked up in a town. 1881 C. M. Yonge iii. 124 I suppose she is not much of a lady, living poked up there. 1928 D. H. Lawrence viii. 102 She did not really want to sit, poked in a corner by the fire. 1996 C. Bateman xx. 155 Those cunts have Mary poked up in a room, and this cunt Poodle is involved. II. Technical uses. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (intransitive)] > iron or press the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > press or iron 1606 sig. E3v I shall turne Laundresse now, and learne to starch, And set and poke. 1614 J. Cooke Greene's Tu Quoque in I. Reed (1780) VII. 19 For pride, the woman that had her ruff poak'd by the devil, is but a puritan to her. 1624 J. Taylor sig. B4 She wrings, she folds, she pleites, she smooths, she starches, She stiffens, poakes, and sets & dry againe. 1636 W. Davenant iii. i. sig. F2 And then for push o' Pike, practise to poke a Ruffe. society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > aim (gun) > in specific manner society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > take aim > at moving target 1898 Earl of Suffolk et al. II. 329/2 Do not allow him to poke his gun about and seek for his aim, or he will acquire the ‘following’ trick. 1924 E. Parker vii. 184 It is not difficult if you take the bird far enough out; you throw your gun up on what looks almost like a stationary mark, you pull the same instant (if you poke or dwell on the bird you are done), and he drops into the heather. 1987 Mar. 43/2 If you are a quick and instinctive shot, a short-barrelled gun may be best... But it's also easier to stop your swing and ‘poke’. 11. Computing. Usually in form POKE, inflected POKEing, etc. society > computing and information technology > hardware > use hardware [verb (intransitive)] > store in memory 1978 M. Waite & M. Pardee v. 164 This program will pulse the speaker 100 times by POKEing into location 102. 1981 R. Norman xxiv. 94 POKEing into the wrong places can upset the ZX80, so that you have to switch off to clear the RAM. 1990 Feb. 17/2 Part two covers..a good deal of PEEKing and POKEing into the world of assembler language. society > computing and information technology > hardware > use hardware [verb (transitive)] > affect memory 1978 M. Waite & M. Pardee v. 166 This code POKEs the character C into memory location specified by X and Y. 1981 D. Inman et al. ii. 22 It is often desirable to PEEK at the value in a memory location before you POKE in a new value. 1984 J. Hilton 261/1 Having to POKE locations with numbers to produce graphics is a laborious process. 2004 Dr. K. ii. 56 So these car mechanic guys get high-performance cars and get the EPROM out of the engine management system and an EPROM emulator and then they poke random variables into the EPROM emulator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). pokev.2Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: poke n.1 Etymology: < poke n.1 With sense 3 compare earlier poking n.2, poke-net n. at poke n.1 Compounds. Now Scottish. the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > in a receptacle > specific a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 11818 Þe parlesi has his a side, Þat dos him fast to pok [v.r. poke; a1400 Fairf. a-bate] his pride. 1483 (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 286 To Pok, sinciare. 1596 J. Harington sig. E4 Perhaps thou hast a mind to poke vp thy dish when you likest thy meate wel. 1651 J. Nicoll (1836) 49 Poking up in his pockettis such moneyis [etc.]. 1724 A. Ramsay (1961) III. 97 Poke up your Pypes, be nae mair sene. 1880 A. M. Soutar 41 He feint a ane o' them could pock, Tho' aft his gun went bang. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > hang or sit in specific way ?a1425 (a1325) (Digby) (1887) 6394 Many peces made þe tailour uor his robe ne ssolde poke [c1325 Calig. powȝe]. a1450 in (1940) 154 (MED) Quidam frater tali fornicarie respondit, ‘Vere, filia,’ dixit, ‘ipse qui formauit istud sacculum hoc modo supra ventrem tuum pessimus scissor fuit, for schamely hyt poket.’ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > catch fish with net 1899 J. Spence 178 Ye could ha' pokket or drawn da fill o' a skjo. 1901 T. P. Ollason 64 Whether do you imagine I came here simply for your bloomin' amusement, or to pok sillocks,—eh? 1932 A. Horsbøl tr. J. Jakobsen II. 663/2 Pok, to catch small fish, esp. coalfish, with a bag-shaped net. 1956 No. 43. 22 The boats' noosts are situated, not far from the kraig-stanes where sillicks are draa'n, or pokk'd in Hairst. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † pokev.3Origin: Apparently formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: poke n.5 Etymology: Apparently < poke n.5 (although this is first attested later in the relevant sense: see sense 6 at that entry). North American. Obsolete. rare. 1786 IV. 256 To order the owners of all such cows or horses, to yoke, poke or fetter them. 1828 N. Webster (at cited word) To poke an ox. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2019). <  n.1c1300 n.2c1614 n.31634n.41687n.51690n.61791 n.71978 v.1c1330v.2a1400v.31786 |
