The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Poker \Pok"er\, n. [From Poke to push.]
   1. One who pokes.
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   2. That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal
      bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.
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   3. A poking-stick. --Decker.
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   4. (Zool.) The poachard. [Prov. Eng.]
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   Poker picture, a picture formed in imitation of
      bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood
      with a heated poker or other iron. --Fairholt.
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