v. To stir up and feed, especially, a fire or furnace.
v. To attend to and supply a furnace with fuel; act as a stoker or fireman.
n. A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per millilitre
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To stick; to thrust; to stab.
v. To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.
verb-intransitive. To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To pierce; stick; thrust.
To poke, stir up, and maintain the fire in (a furnace, especially one used with a boiler for the generation of steam for an engine); supply with fuel; trim and maintain combustion in.
To attend to and supply a furnace with fuel; act as a stoker or fireman.
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v. stir up or tend; of a fire
Word Usage
"In what he calls a stoke of luck, Gore purchased the rare car off eBay."