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Bible Dictionaries
Stake
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.
(2):
(n.) A territorial division; - called also stake of Zion.
(3):
(v. t.) A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
(4):
(v. t.) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
(5):
(v. t.) To mark the limits of by stakes; - with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.
(6):
(v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
(7):
(v. t.) To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
(8):
(v. t.) To pierce or wound with a stake.
(9):
(v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
(10):
(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stake'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/stake.html. 1828.
