intransitive verb.
To stir up and feed (a fire or furnace).
intransitive verb.
To feed fuel to and tend the fire of (a furnace).
intransitive verb.
To feed or tend a furnace or fire.
intransitive verb.
To eat steadily and in large quantities.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To poke, stir up, and maintain the fire in (a furnace, especially one used with a boiler for the generation of steam for an engine); supply with fuel; trim and maintain combustion in.
To attend to and supply a furnace with fuel; act as a stoker or fireman.
To pierce; stick; thrust.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To stick; to thrust; to stab.
transitive verb.
To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.
intransitive verb.
To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.