Hypertext Webster Gateway: "staking"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Stake \Stake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Staked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Staking}.]
1. To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake
vines or plants.

2. To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake
out land; to stake out a new road.

3. To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a
future contingency; to wager; to pledge.

I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays.
--Pope.

4. To pierce or wound with a stake. --Spectator.

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