(1):
(n.) Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
(2):
(n.) A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.
(3):
(n.) One who pokes.
(4):
(n.) That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.
(5):
(n.) A poking-stick.
(6):
(n.) The poachard.