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stoke verb. M17.
[Back-form. from STOKER.]
verb trans. Feed and stir up (a fire, furnace, boiler, etc.) to maintain or increase the heat produced. Freq. foll. by up. M17.
J. Cox The only way to get the woodstove cranking..was to stoke it every half hour.
b. fig. Encourage, incite, fuel. Freq. foll. by up. M19.
N. Herman Anxieties can stoke an incipient paranoia.
c. Excite, thrill, elate. slang (orig. Surfing). M20.
a. verb trans. Feed (oneself or another) as if stoking a furnace; shovel (food) into one's mouth steadily and continuously. L19.
b. verb intrans. Eat, esp. voraciously. Freq. foll. by up. L19.
Comb.: stokehold (a) a compartment containing the boilers of a steamship, where the stokers tend the furnaces; (b) a hold in which coal is stored. stoke-hole [orig. translating Dutch stookgat] (a) the space in front of a furnace where the stokers stand to tend the fires; (b) an aperture through which a fire is fed and tended; (c) the opening to a hold in which fuel is stored.
stoked ppl adjective (a) that is stoked up or up; (b) slang excited, pleased; hooked on: E20.