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Webster 1913 Edition
Stoke
Stoke
,Verb.
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.
Stoke
,Verb.
I.
To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stoke
STOKE
, is the same word as stock, differently applied. It is found in many English names of towns.Definition 2024
Stoke
Stoke
See also: stoke
English
Proper noun
Stoke
- Stoke-on-Trent, a city in Staffordshire, England.
Usage notes
Stoke is also incorporated into many other English place names.
Anagrams
stoke
stoke
See also: Stoke
English
Verb
stoke (third-person singular simple present stokes, present participle stoking, simple past and past participle stoked)
Translations
to poke, pierce
Etymology 2
From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from Dutch stoker, from Dutch stoken (“to kindle a fire, incite, instigate”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from stock (“stick, stock”), see: tandenstoker. Ultimately the same word as above.
Verb
stoke (third-person singular simple present stokes, present participle stoking, simple past and past participle stoked)
- (transitive) To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
- (intransitive) To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
- To stick; to thrust; to stab.
- Chaucer
- Nor short sword for to stoke, with point biting.
- Chaucer
Translations
to feed, stir up
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 3
Misconstruction of stokes
Noun
stoke
- (physics) Misspelling of stokes. (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)