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stoke

1  [stohk] ,verb, stoked, stok⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to poke, stir up, and feed (a fire).
2. to tend the fire of (a furnace, esp. one used with a boiler to generate steam for an engine); supply with fuel.
–verb (used without object)
3. to shake up the coals of a fire.
4. to tend a fire or furnace.
Origin:
1675–85; < D stoken to feed or stock a fire; see stock

stoke

2  [stohk]
–noun Physics.
a unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poises divided by the density of the fluid in grams per cubic centimeter.
Origin:
after Sir G. Stokes
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stoke   (stōk)   
v.   stoked, stok·ing, stokes

v.   tr.

  1. To stir up and feed (a fire or furnace).

  2. To feed fuel to and tend the fire of (a furnace).

v.   intr.

  1. To feed or tend a furnace or fire.

  2. Informal To eat steadily and in large quantities.


[Back-formation from stoker.]
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Word Origin & History

stoke 
1660 (implied in stoker), "to feed and stir up a fire in a fireplace," from Du. stoken "to stoke," from M.Du. stoken "to poke, thrust," related to stoc "stick, stump," from P.Gmc. *stok-, variant of *stik-, *stek- "pierce, prick" (see stick (v.)). Stoked "enthusiastic" first recorded 1902; revived in surfer slang 1963.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: stoke
Pronunciation: 'stOk
Function: noun
: the cgs unit of kinematic viscosity being that of a fluid which has a viscosity of one poise and adensity of one gram per cubic centimeter
Stokes /'stOks,/ Sir George Gabriel (1819–1903), British mathematician and physicist. Stokes enjoyed a long andillustrious association with Cambridge University. He is noted for his studies of the behavior of viscous fluids and for a theorem which is fundamental to vector analysis. The stoke unit honors hisname.
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Medical Dictionary

stoke (stōk)
n.
A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per milliliter.

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