What does ROAK OR ROKE mean in Shipping & Sailing?

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My mother used the expression ‘roaking hot’ to describe hot summer’s days. No one could ever remember hearing the word.Eventually we found out it was used by stokers fuelling up the boilers on ships early in the nineteenth century. I should be grateful for your opinion on this.

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