† stoken.1
Obsolete.
= place n.1, in various senses. Common in place-names, as Bishopstoke, Winterstoke.
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the world > space > place > [noun]
stowc888
stokea900
steadc1000
placec1250
fletc1275
roomc1330
spotc1400
where1443
quarter1448
plat1556
stour1583
situation1610
ubity1624
a900 Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. 12 Þæt aborstene clif hreas þa of duneweard..oþ þæt hit com þær hit mynte feallan ofer þæt mynster, and þæt þonne wære hryre ealles þæs stoces.
a900 Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. 172 Þa sona in Cassinum þæt stoc [v.rr. in C. þære stowe, on C. þam stocwic].
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15694 Inn oþre stokess nemmneþþ wel. Þa posstless hise breþre.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1049 Upp o þatt oferrwerrc Þeȝȝ haffdenn liccness metedd. Off cherubyn. & haffdenn itt. O tweȝȝenn stokess metedd.
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† stoken.2
Obsolete.
A thrust with a weapon, a stab.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > [noun] > stroke with pointed weapon
stroke1297
stokea1400
foinc1450
stab1530
push1563
veny1578
stoccado1582
thrusta1586
venue1591
pink1601
longee1625
stob1653
tilt1716
lunge1748
stug1808
punzie1827
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 7398 To don oþer vilanye Oiþer wiþ stoke oiþer wiþ dynte Þat is al hir entente.
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 2481 Sethin with a stoke to him he stert, And smate the geant unto the hert.
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† stoken.3
Obsolete.
A yard in measurement.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > yard
yard1377
stoke1538
yardel1804
stretch1811
1538 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 180 Whych be compased in with the walles lxx. stokes of length, that is, fete ccx.
1547 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 30 Item,..for mendynge the vestmentes, and for ij. stokes and a hallf of locram to lyne them withalle, iij s. vij d.
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† stokev.1
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To pierce, stab (a person).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with sharp weapon
woundc760
stickOE
snese?c1225
stokea1300
steekc1300
bearc1330
stangc1340
chop1362
broach1377
foinc1380
strikec1390
borea1400
dag?a1400
gorea1400
gridea1400
staira1400
through-girdc1405
thrustc1410
runc1425
to run throughc1425
traversec1425
spitc1430
through-seeka1500
stitch1527
falchiona1529
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
stob?1530
rutc1540
rove?c1550
push1551
foxa1566
stoga1572
poniard1593
dirk1599
bestab1600
poach1602
stiletto1613
stocka1640
inrun1653
stoccado1677
dagger1694
whip1699
bayonetc1700
tomahawk1711
stug1722
chiv1725
kittle1786
sabre1790
halberd1825
jab1825
skewer1837
sword1863
poke1866
spear1869
whinger1892
pig-stick1902
shiv1926
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or penetrate (of weapon) [verb (transitive)] > strike with pointed weapon
prickOE
pritchOE
snese?c1225
threstc1275
stokea1300
bearc1330
stangc1340
broach1377
foinc1380
borea1400
dag?a1400
gorea1400
gridea1400
slot?a1400
staira1400
through-girdc1405
thrustc1410
runc1425
to run throughc1425
traversec1425
spitc1430
through-seeka1500
to run in1509
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
accloy1543
push1551
stoga1572
poacha1616
stocka1640
stoccado1677
stug1722
kittle1820
skewer1837
pitchfork1854
poke1866
chib1973
a1300 Cursor Mundi 24356 Wit spere þai stoked him wit wrang.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4615 And þan was Char[lis] wonder grym, And aȝeyn hym renneþ, & stokeþ hym By-twene ys browes rowe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 7667 Þe king þen hent a sper ful sharp. to stoke him þorou-out þe wagh.
2. intransitive. To make a thrust (at).
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > strike with pushing action
stokea1400
thrustc1410
joba1500
stab1513
rasha1522
purr1564
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 7623 Þe king stoket at him wiþ a spere.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2554 Fulle stowttly they stryke, thire steryne knyghttes, Stokes at the stomake with stelyne poyntes.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1688 Ne short swerd for to stoke with point bitynge.
3. transitive. To thrust, drive home (a sword).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > thrust (a sword)
pickc1487
stoke1513
sheathe1585
shrine1614
rit1808
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vii. 140 The swerd, wyghtly stokit, or than was glaid Throu owt hys cost.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. xiii. 135.
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stokev.2
/stəʊk/, U.S. /stoʊk/ 1. absolute.1867–72 N. P. Burgh Mod. Marine Engin. (1881) 375 Stoke freely when under steam.1892 Black & White 16 Jan. 76/1 The German ships had been stoking up.
a. transitive. To feed, stir up, and poke the fire in (a furnace), to tend the furnace of (a boiler). Also, to feed or build up (a fire), and with up.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > furnace or kiln > stoke or feed
stoke1683
fire1688
tease1818
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > make a fire > add fuel to (a fire)
beetc1275
timber1486
mend?a1505
stoke1735
to make up1781
bank1825
chunk1840
to stack up1892
1683 [implied in: J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 80 The Stoking-hole lying far under the Caldron. (at stoking-hole n. at stoking n.2 Compounds)].
1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Stoak or Stoke, to stir up, rake, cook, feed and look after a great Fire, such as Brewers, Distillers, Glass-houses, &c. use.
1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms To stoke, to stir the fire.
1864 Reader 2 July 9 Who shall stoke the furnace of the steamship?
1883 M. P. Bale Saw-mills 224 In stoking Cornish or Lancashire boilers by hand three systems of firing are in vogue.
1909 G. M. Trevelyan Garibaldi & Thousand xi. 202 First the fires had to be lit and stoked.
1942 E. Langley Pea Pickers x. 148 The hut was warmed by a little red fire which the fair-haired comrade stoked.
1971 G. Jones in Jones & Elis Twenty-Five Welsh Short Stories 106 That night, when he went into the house, he saw that the big iron double bed had been moved down into the middle of the kitchen and a great furnace of a fire stoked up in the chimney.
b. figurative.
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1837 T. Hood Ode R. Wilson 391 Sufficiently by stern necessitarians Poor Nature, with her face begrim'd by dust, Is stok'd, cok'd, smok'd, and almost chok'd.
1882 A. Beresford-Hope Brandreths III. xxxix. 95 It [a prize fight] was stoked by an Irish adventurer who [etc.].
1915 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 265/1 Neither the British nor the German soldier has been able to stoke up that virulent hate.
c. To excite, thrill, elate. slang (chiefly Surfing slang).
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the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > affect with pleasurable excitement [verb (transitive)] > give thrill of pleasurable excitement to
dirl1513
slay1863
razzle-dazzle1886
to turn on1903
panic1920
wow1924
kill1938
to knock out1942
fracture1946
gas1947
stoke1963
1963 Pix 28 Sept. 63 A good stomping movement that ‘stokes’ the tourists is worth two extra points.
1965 S. Afr. Surfer 1 3/3 Your magazine stoked me out of my mind.
1965 S. Afr. Surfer 1 7/1 We will let him stoke you on some of the modern variations of body riding.
2. transferred (jocular). To feed (oneself or another) as if stoking a furnace; to ‘shovel’ (food) into one's mouth steadily and continuously. Also absol. with up.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > eat heartily
to lay in1579
to fall aboard——1603
to eat (also work) like a horse1707
to play a good knife and fork1809
tuck1810
stoke1882
to mug up1897
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat steadily
stoke1882
1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 July 2/2 Mr. Warton vigorously stoked himself with snuff in the exuberance of his delight.
1894 G. A. Sala London up to Date 34 He eats, or, rather, he ‘stokes’ his meal, till the veins in his forehead swell.
1897 R. Broughton Dear Faustina xv The denizens of this A.B.C...are stoking themselves stolidly.
1900 R. Kipling in Daily Mail 25 Apr. 4/4 So they stoked them—‘the 'arf that 'adn't the use of their 'ands’—and they re-dressed their bandages.
1915 Blackwood's Mag. May 686/1 There's folks as cant stoke hot tea upon sorsiges.
Compounds
C1. In combination, as stoke-hearth, stoke-house.
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1248 The stoke-hearth [of a smelting furnace].
1903 Westm. Gaz. 27 Jan. 7/1 It was heated by means of hot-water pipes, fed from a stoke-house.
C2.
stoke-up n. slang a large or sustaining meal.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > big or substantial meal
gramaungerec1400
opsonation1623
feast1624
bouffagea1682
feed1808
hakari1823
tuck-out1823
nyam1828
tightener1829
inside lining1851
square1882
stoke-up1955
nosh-up1963
pigout1978
greeze1984
1955 J. Thomas No Banners xv. 133 Later..it would be possible to go to the black-market eating-houses for an occasional ‘stoke-up’.
Derivatives
stoked adj. (a) subjected to the action of the verb; (b) (slang) excited; keen or ‘hooked’ on.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > pleasurably excited
ticklec1330
elevateda1640
up1815
thrilly1893
thrilled1900
stoked1902
gassed1941
kilig1981
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > infatuated
assote1393
assotted1393
embabuinized1603
cunt-struck1876
stoked1902
nuts1908
hooked (on)1925
crackers1928
society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [adjective] > attributes or qualities
fusory1678
stoked1902
1902 Daily Chron. 2 May 6/1 Hand-stoked retorts were shut down, and now the whole of the gas is to be manufactured in inclined or mechanically stoked retorts.
1963 Observer 13 Oct. 15/6 I hate to think of the next kid that gets stoked on board riding..and wins a world championship and nobody even knows him.
1968 Surfer Jan. 47/3 I realized they're really stoked.
1969 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 2 Feb. 20/3 I'm stoked on Chinese food.
1970 Stud. in Eng. (Univ. Cape Town) 1 33 People bitten by the surf bug..are really stoked on surfing.
1976 N.Y. Times Mag. 12 Sept. 40/1 Something like 10 million Americans..are stoked on floating about three inches over the paved surfaces of planet earth. Their flotation device is the new, Nasworthy-improved skateboard.
1977 Skateboard Special Sept. 2/1 The guy was really stoked but he fell off a nose wheelie and ended up taking a trip to McDonalds.
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