v. Naut. ? Obs. (See quots. a. 1625, 1644.)
a. 1625. Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. MS. 2301). When the water cannot come to the well then we say that the Shipp is stoaked.
1644. Manwayring, Seamans Dict., 102. When the limber-holes, have some ballast, or any thing else got into them, so that the water cannot passe, we say the limbers are Stoaked: also when any thing is gotten in, or about the bottom of the Pump, so that it cannot draw water, we say the Pump is Stoaked. (So 1658 in Phillips; and in later Dicts.)
