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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1574
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(Poking,) Polking, vbl. n. The action of catching fish, ? with a poke-net (Poke n. 3 b), or ? by poking or jabbing with a spear or leister (cf. e.m.E. poking thrusting with a lance (1582), e.m.E. and ME poke v. to thrust etc.): cf. also Pokar n. — 1574 Reg. Privy C. II 399.
Slauchter of blak fische polking and polting or ony uther crymes
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