proat, v. dial.
(prəʊt)
Also prote.
[Origin obscure: cf. pote v. and prod v.]
To poke. Hence proter dial., a poker.
| 1654 Fuller Comm. Ruth (1868) 141 Like sullen chickens..proating under an old wood-pile. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Proter, a poker. 1888 Sheffield Gloss., Prote, to poke. |