Stole vs Stoke - What's the difference?
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(steal)
An ecclesiastical garment.
* Certain robes indicate a position in the hierarchy; others correspond to function and may be worn by the same individual at different times. The most important vestment among the insignia [of the clergy] is the stole', the emblem of sacerdotal status, the origin of which is the ancient pallium. The '''stole originally was a draped garment, then a folded one with the appearance of a scarf, and, finally, in the 4th century, a scarf. As a symbol of jurisdiction in the Roman Empire, the supreme pontiff (the pope, or bishop of Rome) conferred it upon archbishops and, later, upon bishops, as emblematic of their sharing in the papal authority. ''Copyright 1994-1998 Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition
A scarf-like garment, often made of fur.
To poke, pierce, thrust.
To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
To stick; to thrust; to stab.
* Chaucer
(physics) (A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per millilitre)
As a verb stole
is (steal).As a noun stole
is an ecclesiastical garment or stole can be (botany) a stolon.As a proper noun stoke is
stoke-on-trent, a city in staffordshire, england.stole
English
Etymology 1
From the verb to steal .Verb
(head)Etymology 2
(etyl) stole, (etyl) stola, (etyl) , from "to set", "place", "equip", "send", akin to English stall.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
(etyl) stolo, (-onis).References
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) stoken, from (etyl) , from the same Germanic source. More at (l).Verb
(stok)Etymology 2
From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from (etyl) stoker, from (etyl) , see: tandenstoker. Ultimately the same word as above.Verb
(stok)- Nor short sword for to stoke , with point biting.