Usually means: Tool for adjusting firewood placement.
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  1. poking-stick: Wordnik
  2. poking-stick: Wiktionary
  3. Poking-stick: Dictionary.com
  4. Poking-stick: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. poking-stick: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Poking-stick: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. poking-stick: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. poking-stick: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Poking-stick: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (poking-stick)

noun:  (historical) A small metal rod that was heated and used to adjust the plaits of ruffs on clothing.

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