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stoke



Pronunciation: (stōk), [key]
v., stoked, stok•ing.


v.t.
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.

v.i.
1. to shake up the coals of a fire.
2. to tend a fire or furnace.

stoke



Pronunciation: (stōk), [key]
n. 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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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