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Staking :: Staked (imp. & p. p.) of Stak.

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..

Lucky :: Lucky (superl.) Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour..

Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To take or choose wrongly.

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

Scare :: Scare (n.) Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake..

Miss :: Miss (n.) Harm from mistake.

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

Impale :: Impale (v. t.) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.

Game :: Game (v. i.) A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc..

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..

Wager :: Wager (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge..

Egregious :: Egregious (a.) Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake..

Mistaken :: Mistaken (p. p.) of Mistak.

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

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..

Mistaker :: Mistaker (n.) One who mistakes.

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

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..

Sweepstakes :: Sweepstake (n.) A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep.

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