stoking is a form of:

Stoke



verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (something ~ up) (with something) (to tend and put fuel on [a furnace or fire, etc.], to stir up, to eat large Quantities of food) stoke a fire បំពក់ (ភ្លើង), stoke a furnace មើលភ្លើង (ថែមអុសធ្យូង)
ENGLISH MEANING
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.
1.
To stick, to thrust, to stab