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▪ I. † ˈstoking, vbl. n.1 Obs.
[f. stoke v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of thrusting with a weapon.
1375Barbour Bruce XVII. 785 With staffing, stoking, and striking Thar maid thai sturdy defending.
Comb.1417in MS. For. Acc. 8 Hen., V, G/1, xij debilibus stokyns sperres. 1420in MS. For. Acc. 3 Hen. VI, H b, Cum .x. stoken' speres .viij. duodenis dartes.
▪ II. stoking, vbl. n.2|ˈstəʊkɪŋ|
[f. stoke v.2 + -ing2.]
The action of the verb; the operation of tending a furnace and feeding it with fuel.
1854J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sci., Chem. 193 Inequality of stoking, and inequality of water-supply are amongst the causes. 1884L'pool Mercury 18 Feb. 5/4 The pumping of water in and for the prison is valued at {pstlg}301..and stoking at {pstlg}166.
b. transf. and fig.
1892Fabian News Apr. 5/1 There is always a great waste of energy in canvassing, ‘stoking up,’ etc., by which no one is made any better or wiser. 1892‘Ouida’ in Fortn. Rev. LII. 782 ‘Stoking’..is the one joy which never palls on the human machine, until he pays for it with dyspepsia and gout.
c. attrib., as stoking-hole, stoking-iron, stoking-place, stoking-rod.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xi. ⁋23 The *Stoking⁓hole lying far under the Caldron. 1794Trans. Soc. Arts XII. 262 The stoking-hole of the furnace.
1876E. M. Shaw Fire Protection 142 *Stoking irons..namely, 1 shovel, 1 rake, 1 pricker.
1741Sympson Hypocaust in Phil. Trans. XLI. 856 The Præfurnium, (*Stoking-place).
1901Daily News 5 Jan. 3/1 The caretaker brought a long *stoking rod. |