DCHP-1 Online

poke ((2)) 2 [see note] North

• 1 n. a sealskin bag used as a buoy or float.

  See also: dan (def 1.)  

  • This word appears to have come into northern use via Eskimo poq, puq bag; perhaps borrowed from early whalers in this sense.

• 2 n. a sealskin bag used by Eskimos for storing or transporting seal or whale oil.

  See also: dan (def. 2)