Definition of stake

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Staithman (n.) A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith.

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Misclaim :: Misclaim (n.) A mistaken claim.
Main :: Main (n.) A stake played for at dice.
Sweepstakes :: Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.) The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed..
Pale :: Pale (n.) A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket..
Bridestake :: Bridestake (n.) A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round..
Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge..
Escape :: Escape (n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression..
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.
Pile :: Pile (n.) A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc..
Impale :: Impale (v. t.) To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround..
Rover :: Rover (v. i.) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball..
Staktometer :: Stakeholder (n.) The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
Amiss :: Amiss (n.) A fault, wrong, or mistake..
Swop :: Swoopstake (adv.) Altogether; indiscriminately.
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet..
Error :: Error (n.) A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.
Hyacinth :: Hyacinth (n.) The name also given to Scilla Peruviana, a Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from a mistake as to its origin, Hyacinth of Peru..
Pious :: Pious (a.) Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds..
Misobedience :: Misobedience (n.) Mistaken obedience; disobedience.
Faux Pas :: faux pas () A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.
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