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stoke


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stoke  \Stoke\,  v.  t.  [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.  [Obs.] 
 
  Nor  short  sword  for  to  stoke,  with  point  biting. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  To  poke  or  stir  up  as  a  fire;  hence  to  tend,  as  the  fire 
  of  a  furnace,  boiler,  etc 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stoke  \Stoke\,  v.  i. 
  To  poke  or  stir  up  a  fire;  hence  to  tend  the  fires  of 
  furnaces,  steamers,  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stoke 
  v  :  stir  up  or  tend;  of  a  fire 




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