Sentence:  I am no sooner seated by a fire, but my hand instinctively fumbles after the poker, and I proceed to <WSD>puggle</WSD> the glowing embers, until (except timely warning prevent) I have displaced the whole into the fender. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To poke around a hole with a stick, as to explore, remove obstacles, etc.<ref>'''1863''', John Mounteny Jephson, "The East Saxon Dialect", "Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society", Volume 2, page 186 — '''Puggle''', "v"., to poke out, as to '''puggle''' the ashes, a drain, or anything that is encumbered with rubbish.</ref>