stoke Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb stir up or tend; of a fire

WordNet

Stoke transitive verb
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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.
Stoke intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.

Webster 1913