Definition of stake

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Stake (v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc..

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Edder :: Edder (n.) Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together..
All :: All (n.) The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake..
Stanchion :: Stanchion (n.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay..
Well :: Well (a.) Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered..
Postentry :: Postentry (n.) A second or subsequent, at the customhouse, of goods which had been omitted by mistake..
Swop :: Swoopstake (adv.) Altogether; indiscriminately.
Sweepwasher :: Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.) A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.
Lariat :: Lariat (v. t.) To secure with a lariat fastened to a stake, as a horse or mule for grazing; also, to lasso or catch with a lariat..
Sport :: Sport (n.) Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked..
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To fortify with pointed stakes.
Miscopy :: Miscopy (n.) A mistake in copying.
Game :: Game (n.) To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble..
Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes..
Welter :: Welter (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes..
Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
Venture :: Venture (n.) The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade..
Misinterpretation :: Misinterpretation (n.) The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.
Mistake :: Mistake (n.) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it..
Remediless :: Remediless (a.) Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss..
Rung :: Rung (n.) One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
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