(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.