Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Poker"
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) 1.7 (wn)
poker
n 1: fire iron consisting of 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}]
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