stoke

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You are stoked now! stoke, meaning like a chimney fire.

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  1. transitive verb To stir up and feed (a fire or furnace).
  2. transitive verb To feed fuel to and tend the fire of (a furnace).
  3. intransitive verb To feed or tend a furnace or fire.
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  • Irene's body would heal from this stoke, and have a good many more years of useful life ... for me to enjoy. —  Magazine - Future Orbits - [Vol 02] - Issue 03 - June-July 2002
  • You are stoked now! stoke, meaning like a chimney fire. —  Blogger News Network
  • The two-stoke is a little noisier than a four-stroke, but that's always the case with two-stoke power equipment. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • And of course a mini-stoke or coronary for a 72 yo who is running way faster than he should at this age .... —  ModerateVoters.org
  • At least when the Brazilians claim a wave it's out of actual stoke, because they're so fired up. —  Surfing Magazine - Most Recent
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  1. Back-formation from stoker.

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  1. from Middle English stoken, from Old French estoquer (= Italian *stoccare), stab, thrust, from estoc, a rapier, stock: see stock, stoccade.
  2. from stoker, taken as an English noun, from stoke + -er, but apparently from Dutch stoker, from stoken, kindle a fire, incite, instigate, from Middle Dutch stock, Dutch stok, a stick, stock, rapier: see stock. Cf. stoke.
 

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