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Hazard :: Hazard (n.) Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming..

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

Mischarge :: Mischarge (n.) A mistake in charging.

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

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

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..

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

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..

Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To fortify with pointed stakes.

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..

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

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..

Croupier :: Croupier (n.) One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.

Palisade :: Palisade (n.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense..

Stang :: Stang (n.) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.

Rung :: Rung (n.) One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.

Goatsucker :: Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk..

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

Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly, as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp..

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

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