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