† stokingn.¹

Etymology: < stoke v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

Obsolete.

The action of thrusting with a weapon.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > [noun] > action of thrusting pointed weapon

stoking1417

stabbingc1425

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 785 With staffing, stoking, and striking Thar maid thai sturdy defending.

in combination.1417 Foreign Accts. 8 Henry V (Public Rec. Office) G/1 xij debilibus stokyns sperres.1420 in MS. For. Acc. 3 Hen. VI H b Cum .x. stoken' speres .viij. duodenis dartes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

stokingn.²

/ˈstəʊkɪŋ/

Etymology: < stoke v.² + -ing suffix².

a. The action of the verb; the operation of tending a furnace and feeding it with fuel.

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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > [noun] > furnace > stoking or feeding

stoking1854

teasing1894

1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci., Chem. 193 Inequality of stoking, and inequality of water-supply are amongst the causes.

1884 Liverpool Mercury 18 Feb. 5/4 The pumping of water in and for the prison is valued at £301..and stoking at £166.

b. transferred and figurative.

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1892 Fabian 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.

Compounds

General attributive.

stoking-hole n.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > other parts of furnaces

sump1673

stoking-hole1683

stoking-place1744

mid-feather1748

bottoming hole1815

trunnel-head1819

keystone1821

vault1825

well1825

nose-hole1832

fore-stone1839

nose1839

tongs-carriage1839

tunnel-head1843

glory-hole1849

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 80 The Stoking-hole lying far under the Caldron.

1794 Trans. Soc. Arts 12 262 The stoking-hole of the furnace.

stoking-iron n.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > furnace rakes or shovels

cole-rakec1440

slice-bar1846

fire hook1875

stoking-iron1876

coul-rake1877

stoking-rod1901

1876 E. M. Shaw Fire Protection 142 Stoking irons..namely, 1 shovel, 1 rake, 1 pricker.

stoking-place n.

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