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Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants..

Tether :: Tether (n.) A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits..

Sweepstake :: Sweepstake (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes.

Mistakenly :: Mistakenly (adv.) By mistake.

Misworship :: Misworship (n.) Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion.

Vie :: Vie (v. t.) To stake; to wager.

Sport :: Sport (n.) Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked..

Set :: Set (n.) That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture..

Impale :: Impale (v. t.) To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround..

Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..

Staking :: Staked (imp. & p. p.) of Stak.

Butter :: Butter (v. t.) To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game..

Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To take or choose wrongly.

Trou-de-loup :: Trou-de-loup (n.) A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes..

Jeofail :: "Jeofail (n.) An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight..

Bet :: Bet (v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.

Misconfident :: Misconfident (a.) Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting.

Loggat :: Loggat (n.) An old game in England, played by throwing pieces of wood at a stake set in the ground..

Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement..

Play :: Play (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes..

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