Definition of stake

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Stake (v. t.) A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc..

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Edder :: Edder (n.) Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together..
Vie :: Vie (v. i.) To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie..
Rectifiable :: Rectifiable (a.) Capable of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake..
Impale :: Impale (v. t.) To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround..
Scare :: Scare (n.) Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake..
Picket :: Picket (n.) A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake..
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..
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..
Misemployment :: Misemployment (n.) Wrong or mistaken employment.
Sweepstakes :: Sweepstakes (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
Bridestake :: Bridestake (n.) A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round..
Well :: Well (a.) Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered..
Error :: Error (n.) A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.
Miss :: Miss (n.) Harm from mistake.
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..
Misapprehension :: Misapprehension (n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.
Paxillose :: Paxillose (a.) Resembling a little stake.
Postentry :: Postentry (n.) A second or subsequent, at the customhouse, of goods which had been omitted by mistake..
Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To take or choose wrongly.
Stake-driver :: Stake (v. t.) To pierce or wound with a stake.
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