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staked
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Staked
(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.
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2. To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake
out land; to stake out a new road.
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3. To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a
future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
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I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays.
--Pope.
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4. To pierce or wound with a stake. --Spectator.
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staked plain
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Staked
(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.
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2. To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake
out land; to stake out a new road.
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3. To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a
future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
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I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays.
--Pope.
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4. To pierce or wound with a stake. --Spectator.
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Stake-driver
(gcide) | Stake-driver \Stake"-driv`er\ (-dr[imac]v`[~e]r), n. (Zool.)
The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so
called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in
driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and
Indian hen.
[1913 Webster]Bittern \Bit"tern\, n. [OE. bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F.
butor; of unknown origin.] (Zool.)
A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons,
of various species.
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Note: The common European bittern is Botaurus stellaris. It
makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by
Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American
bittern is Botaurus lentiginosus, and is also called
stake-driver and meadow hen. See Stake-driver.
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Note: The name is applied to other related birds, as the
least bittern (Ardetta exilis), and the {sun
bittern}.
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stake-driver
(gcide) | Stake-driver \Stake"-driv`er\ (-dr[imac]v`[~e]r), n. (Zool.)
The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so
called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in
driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and
Indian hen.
[1913 Webster]Bittern \Bit"tern\, n. [OE. bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F.
butor; of unknown origin.] (Zool.)
A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons,
of various species.
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Note: The common European bittern is Botaurus stellaris. It
makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by
Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American
bittern is Botaurus lentiginosus, and is also called
stake-driver and meadow hen. See Stake-driver.
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Note: The name is applied to other related birds, as the
least bittern (Ardetta exilis), and the {sun
bittern}.
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