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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..

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

Trou-de-loup :: Trou-de-loup (n.) A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes..

Rover :: Rover (v. i.) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball..

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..

Crawl :: Crawl (n.) A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish..

Error :: Error (n.) A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error..

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..

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

Yead :: Yead (v. i.) Properly, a variant of the defective imperfect yode, but sometimes mistaken for a present. See the Note under Yede..

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

Misdevotion :: Misdevotion (n.) Mistaken devotion.

Trip :: Trip (n. i.) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail..

Miscopy :: Miscopy (n.) A mistake in copying.

Remediless :: Remediless (a.) Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss..

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

Depone :: Depone (v. t.) To lay, as a stake; to wager..

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

Empalement :: Empalement (n.) A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes..

Venture :: Venture (n.) The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade..

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