Defn: See Poky.
POKING
Pok"ing, a.
Defn: Drudging; servile. [Colloq.]
Bred to some poking profession. Gray.
POKING-STICK
Pok"ing-stick`, n.
Defn: A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs. Shak.
POKY
Pok"y, a. Etym: [Written also pokey.]
1. Confined; cramped. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Dull; tedious; uninteresting. [Colloq.]
POLACCA Po*lac"ca, n. Etym: [It. polacca, polaccra, polacra; cf. F. polaque, polacre, Sp. polacre,] [Written also polacre.]
1. (Naut.)