Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
A safety inspector in coal mines.
An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.
A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing cards, the players in sequence make tactical bets or drop out, the bets forming a pool to be taken either by the sole remaining player or, after all rounds and bets have been completed, by those remaining players who hold a superior hand according to a standard ranking of hand values for the game.
A tool like a soldering iron for making poker drawings.
A kind of duck, the pochard.
One who pokes.
Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
A knife.
All the four cards of the same rank.
To play poker.
To poke with a utensil such as a poker or needle.