stoke up
verb(adverb)
to feed and tend (a fire, etc) with fuel
(intr) to fill oneself with food
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How to use stoke up in a sentence
If you want to get work done by the engine, you have got to stoke up the furnace.
The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure | Edward Hooker DeweyThe French spy was at once sent below and put into safe keeping, and the signal to "stoke up" was sent to the engine-rooms.
The Angel of the Revolution | George GriffithBy noon you can stoke up with meat and potatoes—anything you want that'll stick to the merry old slats.
Merton of the Movies | Harry Leon WilsonBut I laid in some stores, for I guessed you would want to stoke up some after your travels.'
Greenmantle | John BuchanThis house goes by machinery, with Elspeth to stoke up the motive power.
Big Game | Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
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