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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..

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

Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar..

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

Stake :: Stake (v. t.) A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off..

Set :: Set (v. t.) To stake at play; to wager; to risk.

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat..

Misemployment :: Misemployment (n.) Wrong or mistaken employment.

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk..

Misprint :: Misprint (n.) A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy; as, a book full of misprints..

Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.

Confound :: Confound (v. t.) To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

Derby :: Derby (n.) A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780..

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..

Gaming :: Gaming (n.) The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.

Mistake :: Mistake (n.) An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.

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..

Impalement :: Impalement (n.) An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed..

Wear :: Wear (n.) A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish..

Self-deceived :: Self-deceived (a.) Deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistake or error.

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