'Staking' definitions:

Definition of 'Staking'

From: GCIDE
  • Stake \Stake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Staked (st[=a]kd); p. pr. & vb. n. Staking.]
  • 1. To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To pierce or wound with a stake. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]

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