Poker

n.	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.
	4.	(Zool.) The poachard. Poker picture a picture formed in imitation of bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood with a heated poker or other iron. - Fairholt.
	1.	A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.
	1.	Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.

Noun	1.	poker - fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire Synonyms: fire hook, stove poker, salamander
	2.	poker - any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand Synonyms: poker game

andiron, chain, coal tongs, crane, crook, damper, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, grate, grating, grid, griddle, gridiron, grill, griller, lifter, pothook, salamander, spit, tongs, tripod, trivet, turnspit