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stook ((v.)) † 
v. set up in stooks (def. la).
See also: stook ((n.)) (def. 1a)
- 1860 There is great difficulty in procuring even a small number of Indian "helps" to use the sickle or follow up the work of the reaper by typing and "stooking" (which is the diminutive for "staking") the sheaves in the field.
- 1929 When I was at home I was herding cattle for a while then I was stooking at home helping my parents. . . .
- 1963 Stooking grain--or as they call it in the States "shocking"--is a hard and monotonous job. . . .
- 1860 There is great difficulty in procuring even a small number of Indian "helps" to use the sickle or follow up the work of the reaper by typing and "stooking" (which is the diminutive for "staking") the sheaves in the field.