stoking

Variant of stoke

stoke definition

stoke (stōk)

transitive verb, intransitive verb stoked, stoking stok′·ing

  1. to stir up and feed fuel to (a fire, furnace, etc.)
  2. to tend (a furnace, boiler, etc.)
  3. to feed or eat large quantities of food; fill (up)

Etymology: back-form. < stoker

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