To summon positive emotion (especially courage); to muster.
To remove or acquire by plucking from, for example, the ground; to pick up.
To become more cheerful.
To encourage a behavior or emotion.
To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
To poke, pierce, thrust.
To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
An act of poking, piercing, thrusting