stoke (v. t.) To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the
fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.
stoke (v. i.) To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of
furnaces, steamers, etc.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary📕
stoke stōk, v.i. to stir or tend a
fire.—ns.Stoke′-hole,
the space about the mouth of a furnace: the space allotted to the
stokers: a hole in a reverberatory furnace for introducing a
stirring-tool; Stōk′er, one
who, or that which, feeds a furnace with fuel.
[Dut.,—stoken, to light a fire, stok, a stick.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book⛵
stoke To frequent the galley in a man-of-war, or to trim fires.
Part of speech
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stoke, verb, present, 1st person singular of stoke (infinitive).
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