Stoke

[stəʊk] or [stok]

Definition

(verb.) stir up or tend; of a fire.

Typed by Irwin--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To stick; to thrust; to stab.

(v. t.) To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.

(v. i.) To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.

Inputed by Jarvis

Definition

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.

Edited by Ahmed