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Rectifiable :: Rectifiable (a.) Capable of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake..

Raffle :: Raffle (v.) A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor..

Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To err in judgment; to be mistaken.

Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another..

Guard :: Guard (v. i.) To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes..

Martingal :: Martingal (n.) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness..

Main :: Main (n.) A stake played for at dice.

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.

Misapprehension :: Misapprehension (n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.

Pool :: Pool (n.) The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes..

Picket :: Picket (n.) A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses..

Fraise :: Fraise (n.) A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.

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

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

Unspar :: Unspar (v. t.) To take the spars, stakes, or bars from..

Inerringly :: Inerringly (adv.) Without error, mistake, or deviation; unerringly..

Stakehead :: Stake-driver (n.) The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen..

Gamester :: Gamester (n.) A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games..

Spile :: Spile (n.) A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile.

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