| 单词 | proking | 
| 释义 | prokingn. Now rare (English regional in later use).   The action of proke v.1   (in various senses); †an instance of this (obsolete).Now only in compounds.Formerly also: spec. fishing for eels by thrusting a baited hook or needle into their holes; = sniggling n. 1   (obsolete). ΚΠ c1225						 (?c1200)						    Hali Meiðhad 		(Bodl.)	 		(1940)	 15 (MED)  				Fleschliche þonkes..leaðieð þe & dreaieð wið har procunges to flesliche fulðen. ?c1225						 (?a1200)						    Ancrene Riwle 		(Cleo. C.vi)	 		(1972)	 195  				Ha dude ansunne..þurch his prokinge [a1250 Nero prokiunge; c1230 Corpus procunge]. c1230						 (?a1200)						    Ancrene Riwle 		(Corpus Cambr.)	 		(1962)	 152/13  				Þet beoð þe earste procunges [a1250 Nero prokunges; a1250 Titus prokinges], þe strueð ure sawlen. 1688    R. Holme Acad. Armory  iii. 104/1  				Proking, is a kind of Fishing for Eels in their holes. 1694    R. Franck Northern Mem. 284  				Out of which Abscondments any Man may angle him [sc. an eel], that contrives but a Worm neatly on the end of a Wand; which Artifice is Probing, and some call it Proking; but we dispute not the Term. Compounds  General attributive, as  proking spit,  proking stick, etc. In quot. 1598   humorously applied to a rapier. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > spear > 			[noun]		 > for eels algerea1425 augera1425 elgerc1440 eel-spear1555 proking stick1598 pilgera1825 stang1847 sun spear1865 pick1875 prick1880–4 eel-pick1883 1598    Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks.  iv. iv. 31  				With a broad Scot, or proking spit of Spayne. 1688    R. Holme Acad. Armory  iii. 103/1  				A Snigleing, or Prokeing Stick: is a forked stick, and a short long Line with a Needle Bated with a Lob Worm; It is only for Eels in their holes. 1764    New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. 		(ed. 2)	 IV. 2801/1  				The sniggling or proking stick, which is a forked stick, that has a short strong line baited with a lob-worm; this is only used for eels in their holes. 1799    tr.  Laboratory 		(ed. 6)	 II.  x. 246  				A sniggling or proking stick..for eels. 1881    S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words 		(new ed.)	 218  				Proking-iron, a poker for the fire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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