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Jab gently

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99%POKEJab gentlyNewsday

Definition

• A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.
• A bag; a sack; a pocket.
• A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve.
• To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
• To thrust with the horns; to gore.
• To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
• To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about.
• The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.
• A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person.
• A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.

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