stoke
VerbUS[stohk]/stoʊk/1 syllable
Open English WordNet
Verb (1)stokes, stoked
- stir up or tend; of a fireMore general tend
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Stoke transitive verb
Origin: OE. stoken, fr. D. stoken, fr. stok a stick (cf. OF. estoquier to thrust, stab; of Teutonic origin, and akin to D. stok). See Stock.
1. To stick; to thrust; to stab. obsolete
Nor short sword for to stoke, with point biting.— Geoffrey Chaucer
2. To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.
Stoke intransitive verb
To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54