Poker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Poker	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Poker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poker n fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire Synonym(s): poker, stove poker, fire hook, salamander any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand Synonym(s): poker, poker game
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[94]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[94]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[94]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.