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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poker \Pok"er\, n. [From {Poke} to push.] 1. One who pokes. 2. That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals. 3. A poking-stick. --Decker. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The poachard. [Prov. Eng.] {Poker picture}, a picture formed in imitation of bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood with a heated poker or other iron. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poker \Pok"er\, n. [Of uncertain etymol.] A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States. --Johnson's Cyc. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poker \Pok"er\, n. [Cf. Dan. pokker the deuce, devil, also W. pwci, a hobgoblin, bugbear, and E. puck.] Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear. [Colloq. U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Poachard \Poach"ard\, n. [From {Poach} to stab.] [Written also {pocard}, {pochard}.] (Zo["o]l.) a A common European duck ({Aythya ferina}); -- called also {goldhead}, {poker}, and {fresh-water, or red-headed}, {widgeon}. b The American redhead, which is closely allied to the European poachard. {Red-crested poachard} (Zo["o]l.), an Old World duck ({Branta rufina}). {Scaup poachard}, the scaup duck. {Tufted poachard}, a scaup duck ({Aythya, or Fuligula cristata}), native of Europe and Asia. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: poker n 1: a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire [syn: {stove poker}, {fire hook}, {salamander}] 2: any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand [syn: {poker game}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: POKER, n. A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer unknown.
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