poak, poake

[Etym. doubtful.] Waste matter from the preparation of skins, consisting of hair, lime, oil, . po-a-phil-i-dæ, s. pl. [Gr. poa =gra , and philos =loving.] Entom.: A family of Noctuina. Small moths, with their antenne short and slender; their wings short and rather slender, the anterior pair with indistinct lines, but no spots; larvæ slender, with twelve legs, looping.