stoke 1
/stohk/ , v. , stoked, stoking .
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.
3. to shake up the coals of a fire.
4. to tend a fire or furnace.
[ 1675-85; stoken to feed or stock a fire; see STOCK ]
stoke 2
/stohk/ , 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.
[ after Sir G. STOKES ]