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Misunderstanding :: Misunderstanding (n.) Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception.

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..

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..

Mistakenness :: Mistakenness (n.) Erroneousness.

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..

Unmistakable :: Unmistakable (a.) Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident.

Infallible :: Infallible (a.) Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable.

Blunder :: Blunder (v. i.) To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription..

Faux Pas :: faux pas () A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.

Alestake :: Alestake (n.) A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a bush..

Staked :: Stake (v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.

Lotto :: Lotto (n.) A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno..

Pool :: Pool (n.) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table..

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

Grand :: Grand (superl.) Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake..

Fallible :: Fallible (a.) Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible..

Empale :: Empale (v. t.) To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

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..

Impone :: Impone (v. t.) To stake; to wager; to pledge.

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