0 present participle of stoke --
1 to add fuel to a large fire and move the fuel around with a stick so that it burns well and produces a lot of heat: --
I understand that a modification of the stoking apparatus, designed to abate the nuisance, is in process of being made.
I do not think we shall improve our case if we suggest that the trouble is all due to bad stoking and bad stokers.
The outstanding deficit that he has left himself with will still go on, stoking up inflation.
I make a plea to them not to go on stoking up the fires.
We can all join in stoking up a fire if we set ourselves to do so.
He spoke about the difficulties of stoking and banking boilers.
It seemed to suggest that all those signs of the stoking up of inflation can only now, retrospectively, be seen with the benefit of hindsight.
Such a combination would of course only help to make the problem worse—by running up huge deficits and further stoking the economy.
