单词 | stake |
释义 | staken.1 1. a. A stout stick or post, usually of wood, with a pointed end for driving into the ground; used e.g. to mark a boundary or site, to support a plant, to secure an animal, to form one of the component parts of a fence, hedge, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > a vertical support, post, or stake stakec893 studeOE studdleeOE stealc1000 stockc1000 postOE stander1325 pillar1360 stilpc1380 bantelc1400 puncheon1423 stanchion1433 standard1439 side tree1451 stancher1488 stanchel1586 stipit1592 shore1601 trunch1622 arrectary1628 staddle1633 standing1800 mill-post1890 society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > in form of bar, pole, rod, etc. stingc725 stakec893 sowelc900 tree971 rungOE shaftc1000 staffc1000 stockc1000 poleOE spritOE luga1250 lever1297 stanga1300 perchc1300 raftc1330 sheltbeam1336 stower1371 palea1382 spar1388 spire1392 perk1396 ragged staff1397 peela1400 slot1399 plantc1400 heck-stower1401 sparkin1408 cammockc1425 sallow stakec1440 spoke1467 perk treec1480 yard1480 bode1483 spit1485 bolm1513 gada1535 ruttock1542 stob1550 blade1558 wattle1570 bamboo1598 loggat1600 barling1611 sparret1632 picket1687 tringle1706 sprund1736 lug-pole1773 polting lug1789 baton1801 stuckin1809 rack-pin1821 picket-pin1844 I-iron1874 pricker1875 stag1881 podger1888 window pole1888 verge1897 sallow pole1898 lat1899 swizzle-stick1962 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark > post stakec893 mere-staff1552 mere stake1629 society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > beheading > stake > stake for displaying head headstockOE stakec1475 prick1651 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > a paling > a stake pale board1483 garden pale1591 stab1680 paling1820 stake1897 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. v. v Ac þære ilcan niht þe mon on dæg hæfde þa burg mid stacum gemearcod, swa [etc.]. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 395 & sleah ænne stacan on middan þam ymbhagan & lege þone stan on uppan þam stacan. c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 338 On a stake of pere-tre. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 83 A tente of cloth with corde and stake He sette up ferst. a1440 Sir Degrev. 1120 Syxty stedus he wan, And brouȝth to stak. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 82 A sadder vyne a bigger stake olofte Mot holde; a lighter vyne is with a lesse Stakynge vpholde. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 260 Þe hed of þat hardy He sette on a stake. 1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 13 Dyvers newe Weris, Gores, Stakes and Engyns have bene levyd and enhauncid; By reason wherof, the said Haven is greatly decayed ageyn. 1534 in J. Croft Excerpta Ant. (1797) 17 For a Steyk of vj Nyks for Stapys to a Grese, ij d. ?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 93 The Ground is not firm to build on, but doth require stakes to be droven. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xv. 504 His Body was drawn by a Horse to the Gallowes..and buried under it, with a Stake driven through him, as is usual in the Case of self Murtherers. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 136 I set my Dog to guard it in the Night, tying him up to a Stake at the Gate. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 437 The farmer's hedge, Plash'd neatly, and secur'd with driven stakes Deep in the loamy bank. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 255 We find it completely fenced across with stout stakes. b. A post upon which persons were bound for execution, esp. by burning. Hence the stake is used as a name for the punishment of death by burning. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > burning > stake stakec1275 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8326 Samuel nom Agag þene king..& lette hine swiðe sterke to ane stake [c1300 Otho stocke] binde. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) ix. 35 Scho was..bun by a stake and fagotes of thornes..laide aboute hir. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1694 And he þg is at meschief shal be take And noght slayn but be broght vn to the stake That shal ben ordeyned. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1215/1 When they came to the stake in Smithfielde to be burned, Mayster Bradforde lyenge prostrate on the one syde of the stake, and..Iohn Leafe on the other syde. 1600 Aberdeen Reg. (1848) II. 209 The persoun convict thairof..sall be bund to ane staik within the floode merk during the space of thre houris, quhill the water flow round about him. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. iv. 15 Curse Miscreant, when thou comst to the stake . View more context for this quotation 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xix. 124 When Religion is at the stake, there must be no lookers on. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 313 To be burnt to Death at a Stake. 1829 T. Hood Dream Eugene Aram in Gem 1 117 And my red right hand grows raging hot, Like Cranmer's at the stake. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. v. 98 ‘I know I would go to the stake for you,’ said Harry. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 7 When..the fortunes of the fight do not hurry the combatant to dungeon or stake. c. The post to which a bull or bear was fastened to be baited. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > animal baiting > [noun] > stake stake1546 baiting-stakea1616 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ix. sig. Cii With as good will as a beare goth to the stake. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. i. 48 Octa. Let vs do so: for we are at the stake, And bayed about with many Enemies. View more context for this quotation 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. iv. 98 Saw you a lusty Mastiue at the stake Throwne from a cunning Bull. d. A post pointed at both ends for use in military defensive work (see quot. 1876). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > palisade or stockade > [noun] > pole for palisade or stockade stake1297 palisado1616 storm-pole1647 palisade1697 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1171 Stakes of ire monion he piȝte in temese grounde Aboue ssarpe & kene inou bineþ grete & rounde. c1450 Brut ii. ccxliv. 378 He bade euery man to orden hym a stake of tre, and scharp both endis, þat þe stake myȝt be pyght yn the erthe a-slop, þat hir enymyez schulde not ouyr-ryde hem. 1637 J. Milton Comus 17 Come not too neere, you fall on iron stakes else. 1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Stakes, small pieces of wood..used as an obstacle against the advance of an attacking force, being sharply pointed and driven into the ground until only 1 foot or 2 feet project. e. Phrases. (U.S.) to pick up stakes, to pull up stakes, to move stakes: to move one's habitation. Similarly to drive stakes, to set stakes, to stick one's stakes: to pitch one's camp or tent, to settle. to tie (someone) to the stake: see tie v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > change residence remove1388 flit1504 shift1530 to pull up stakes1703 movea1707 emigrate1841 uproota1961 to pick up stakes1974 society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > establish residence wickc897 telda1325 buildc1340 nestlea1382 to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400 to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425 to take one's lodgec1475 reside1490 inhabit1548 to settle one's rest1562 to sit down1579 to set up (or in) one's staff (of rest)1584 to set (up) one's rest1590 nest1591 to set down one's rest1591 roost1593 inherit1600 habituate1603 seat1612 to take up (one's) residencea1626 settle1627 pitch1629 fix1638 locate1652 to marry and settle1718 domesticate1768 domiciliate1815 to hang up one's hat1826 domicile1831 to stick one's stakes1872 homestead1877 to put down roots1882 to hang one's hat1904 localize1930 society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > stake claim to set stakes1949 1703 S. Sewall Diary 15 Apr. (1973) I. 484 Went to my Bounds, asserted them,..then ordered Kibbee to pull up the Stakes. Told Mr. Lynde's Tenants what my Bounds were..; forwarn'd them of coming there to set any Stakes. 1817 J. K. Paulding Lett. from South I. 83 When they have exhausted one hunting-ground, [the Indians] pull up stakes, and incontinently march off to another. 1830 Massachusetts Spy 15 Dec. 1/4 Our departed emigrants..pulled up stakes,..and returned post haste to the good old town of Springfield. 1869 B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp 178 He built the shanty..lest titles should fall through, and we'd have to get up and move stakes farther down. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 184 Where he settles, there he stakes or sticks his stakes. 1906 Outing Feb. 605/2 After drifting about several years I finally drove stakes on the Spokane River. 1924 ‘R. Daly’ Outpost xvii. 165 I've sometimes thought of pulling up stakes and pushing further into the mountains. 1949 Boston Globe 15 May (Fiction Mag.) 6/2 We'll set our stakes, an' I'll slip down to Dawson an' record the claim. 1974 ‘M. Allen’ Super Tour (1975) i. 23 ‘I'm assuming you're in a position to pick up stakes in a hurry.’ ‘As long as it will take to pack two bags.’ 1980 Dallas Times Herald 10 May (Week End Suppl.) 6/1 The economic incentive that Europeans once had to pull up stakes and move to America. 2. collective singular. Stakes used as a framework or support in fencing and hedging; esp. as a basis for the intertwining, wattling, or plashing of brushwood or other materials. a. stake (earlier †stakes) and rice (rice n.1 2a) Scottish and northern: a fence, hurdle, or partition made with these materials; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > stake and brushwood fence stanty hedge1446 stake (earlier stakes) and rice1457 rice-dike1677 stake and band1805 1457 Sc. Acts Jas. II, §30 (1814) II. 51/2 Þt na man mak gardes nor heggis of dry staikes na Rys or stykis. 1471–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 644 Pro posicione del stakez et ryss. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. vii. vi. f. 84v/2 To byg ye wal betuix Abircorne and Dunbritane with staik and ryse. 1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith iv. 63 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) On stake and ryce, hee knits the crooked vines, And snoddes their bowes. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 278 Hurdles, (vulgarly called stake and rice) may be made round the links. 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish vi. 70 The plantations supplied him with stabs to make stake and rice between his fields. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma lxv. 295 Giving his horse a good dig with his spurs, he lifted him over a stiff stake-and-rice fence. 2000 T. C. Smout Nature Contested ii. 49 There was an external enclosure maintained by the landowner, often of earth topped by stake and rice. b. stake and band, stake and bond, stake and bound: see quot. 18051. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > stake and brushwood fence stanty hedge1446 stake (earlier stakes) and rice1457 rice-dike1677 stake and band1805 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. Pl. xxxiii The form of dead hedge usually termed stake and band, and sometimes stake and rise. In it the dead materials are wattled in between strong stakes. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 141 A stake and band hedge. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone iv Instead of taking the stake-and-bound at the weakest place, he rode at the strongest. 1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 161 This is the universal ‘stake and bond’ hedge of the shires, impenetrable to cattle. c. stake and rider (see rider n. 12d), a fence made of stakes with a top bar; also attributive; hence stake-and-ridered adj. Chiefly North American. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > post-and-rail fence rail fence1649 post and rail1653 post-and-rail fence1684 post-and-rail fencing1684 rail fencing1797 post and paling1823 stake and rider1829 Russell fence1890 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [adjective] > that will serve as a fence > having a fence or paling > of specific construction (of fence) stake-and-ridered1829 ridered1833 dogleg1836 staked and ridered1852 hog-tight1858 staked-and-bound1861 doglegged1891 1829 Massachusetts Spy 11 Feb. in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) [He met] a man in a lane with a stake-and-rider fence on each side. 1846 Knickerbocker 27 208 Already the ‘stake and ridered’ fence was beginning to enclose the cleared land. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 443 Stake and rider, a species of fence higher and stronger than a ‘worm fence’. 1884 G. W. Cable Dr. Sevier II. liv. 175 Again they followed him along a line of stake-and-rider fence. 1895 Cent. Mag. Aug. 625/2 The stake-and-ridered fences everywhere. 1950 Pennsylvania Dutchman Jan. 3/3 He could do nothing better than to quickly place his gun behind him in a corner of a stake-and-rider fence. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > [noun] > rung or step stepc1000 gangOE stavec1175 tine?c1225 ladder stalea1250 degreec1290 rungc1300 staffc1325 stairc1400 ladder stavec1440 scalec1440 roundc1450 stakec1450 sprang1527 staver1534 rundle1565 rave1566 roundel1585 rondel1616 ladder rung1620 rowel1652 spokea1658 stower1674 stale1714 rim1788 tread1838 through1899 step iron1912 c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 215 Iche of hem sytteth a-bouyn oþer on þis leddere on dyuers stakys. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 215 He sytteth on þe netherest stake of þis laddere in helle. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > fan > hand-held or portable > stick(s) on which it is mounted stake1640 stick1658 mounting1716 mount1735 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 2 Sept. (1855) 44 Delyverit..ane silver coupe, ane stak of ane fann, [etc.]. 5. Technical uses. a. A small anvil used by metal-workers, esp. one with a tang for fitting into a socket on a bench. Also, a tool used by watchmakers and jewellers (see quot. 18842). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > forging equipment > anvil > types of bickern1547 stake1660 welting stake1660 stag1688 table anvil1824 sparrow-hawk1869 teest1877 the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] > making watches > tools or materials used in watchmaking wig-wag1582 turn-bench1680 fusee-engine1858 parachute1865 fraise1874 pinion-file1875 watch-oil1876 bouchon1881 spotter1881 bench winder1884 knee-punch1884 pinion bottoming file1884 pinion gauge1884 stake1884 wax lathe1884 turner1891 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > [noun] > jeweller's tools muffler1688 polishing mill1757 spit-sticker1837 slitting-mill1850 smoothing-mill1850 gem-peg1853 jewel setter1875 needle file1875 peg1879 stake1884 sharp1903 1660 Surv. Armoury Tower of London in Archaeologia (1794) 11 101 Armorers Tooles..Tramping Stakes. Round stake. Welting stakes. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ii. 20 The Stake is a small Anvil which either stands upon a broad Iron foot..on the work-bench..or else it hath a strong Iron spike at bottom, which..is let into..the work-bench. 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 386 The smaller anvils, which are called stakes,..are of progressively smaller sizes. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 214 Polishing Stake, a square polished surface of steel on which redstuff and other polishing material is mixed. It is usually enclosed in a box. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 228 Riveting Stake, a cube of steel..pierced with a series of different sized holes for the reception of arbors... A jointed stake..hinged at one end..is handy in some cases. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 246 A stake with a beak to it.., a form much used by jewellers. b. Leather Manufacturing. (See quot. 1897.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > for smoothing sleeker1611 smoothing-iron1627 stretcher-iron1839 stretching-iron1839 slicker1852 stake1853 staking-iron1889 1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) II. 63 The workman holding the extremities of the skin with both hands, pulls it in all directions..against the smoothing ‘stake’. 1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) xx. 274 The hand stake..was an upright wooden stake, some two feet in length and eight inches in width into the tapering top of which was fixed a broad steel blade. The skin was drawn across this blade. c. Each of the stanchions or posts which fit into sockets or staples on a trolley, wagon or boat to prevent the load from slipping off. Also elliptical for stake-body truck (sense Compounds 2 below). North American colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) > other types > parts of pickstaff?1523 pikestowera1642 stake1875 stake-iron1875 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > with specific type of body platform truck1868 stake-body truck1907 stake-truck1907 panel truck1910 tray top1934 cab-forward1936 cab-over1943 panel van1948 tipper1950 straight job1955 stake1968 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2300/2 Stake,..an upright bar held by staples on the edge of the bed of a platform car, to hold on the load of lumber. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 50/3 (advt.) Immediate delivery on new pick-ups, panels, vans and stakes. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 50/3 (advt.) Ford 2½ ton stake with covered compartment for carrying personnel. 1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. f13/7 (advt.) 1978 Chevy truck sale. Pickups. Elcaminos. Stakes. Stepvans. d. Basket-making. Each of the longest foundation-rods of a basket or the like. (Webster, 1911.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > randed work or basketry > foundation or skeleton > foundation rod > specific spoke1897 league1903 stake1903 by-stake1912 scallom1912 1903 T. Okey in R. M. Jacot Useful Cane Work i. p. ix When a single continuous cane is used as a combined bottom stick and stake it is termed a ‘League’. 1910 Encycl. Brit. III. 482/2 When the ‘bottom-stick’ and ‘stake’ are formed of one and the same continuous rod, it is termed a ‘league’. 1959 D. Wright Baskets & Basketry vi. 136 Stakes, rods driven in with the bottom sticks to form the foundation of the sides of a basket. 1964 H. Hodges Artifacts x. 146 Most baskets were made by first weaving a base, although solid wooden bases drilled to take the uprights, or stakes, were occasionally used. 6. An administrative division of the Mormon Church, comprising a number of wards (ward n.2 19b). Also Stake (in or of) Zion. [? Suggested by Isaiah liv. 2, 3.] ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] > see of > Mormon stake1843 1833 J. Smith in W. A. Linn Story of Mormons (1902) 120 It is expedient in me that this Stake that I have set for the strength of Zion be made strong. 1839 J. Smith in W. A. Linn Story of Mormons (1902) 120 I have other places which I will appoint unto them, and they shall be called Stakes for the curtains, or the strength of Zion.] 1843 H. Caswall Prophet of 19th Cent. 90 Other ‘churches’ established by ‘revelations’ given to Smith, are called ‘Stakes of Zion’, or simply ‘Stakes’. 1857 Southern Illinoisian (Shawneetown) 1 May 1/3 Throughout the States and Territories, at various and convenient locations, the Mormons have what are termed ‘stakes in Zion’, and each stake is governed by a Presidency. 1870 J. H. Beadle Life in Utah 124 All the wealthy members were to follow him to western Pennsylvania, and establish a new ‘stake’ for the others to gather to! 1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1578 Every city, or ‘stake’, including a chief town and surrounding towns. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 828 The [Mormon] church is made up of 23 stakes, each having a president. 1905 Out West Sept. 246 The Stakes of Zion, I will explain, are those gathering places of the Saints that are outside of Zion proper—Jackson county, Missouri, where the holy city it is believed will yet be built. 1961 Guardian 23 Jan. 2/3 The share of the Manchester ‘stake’ (stake is roughly the Mormon for diocese) is £2 million. 1976 Times 18 June (Spec. Rep. Mormons) p. iii/7 A stake is administered by local lay members. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. stake-beetle n. beetle n.1 1. ΚΠ 1638–40 Min. Archdeaconry of Essex (MS.) 140 b He tooke two stakes and knockt them in with a stake beetle. stake-fence n. ΚΠ 1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! I. vii. 190 A stake-fence ought to be proof against both pigs and cattle. 1913 J. Masefield Daffodil Fields 46 Beside the stake-fence Lion stopped. stake-hedge n. ΚΠ 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 289 Stake-hedge, one made of thorns or wood,..wattled or ethered from three to four feet high. stake-hole n. ΚΠ 1977 Antiquaries Jrnl. 57 261 ‘Stakehole’ is used here to mean the void made by the decay of timber post driven into the ground; ‘posthole’ means a larger hole excavated in order to insert a post. stake-pole n. ΚΠ 1883 C. A. Moloney W. Afr. Fisheries 24 These baskets are secured to stake-poles or sticks, laid out in parallel lines. stake-rest n. ΚΠ 1891 Cent. Dict. Stake-rest, on a railway platform car, a device for supporting a stake when turned down horizontally. b. (In sense 6.) stake centre n. and adj. ΚΠ 1976 Times 18 June (Spec. Rep. Mormons) p. iii/7 Twenty stakes are now functioning, most of them headquartered in new stake centre church buildings. stake house n. ΚΠ 1930 L. Foster Larry 131 Then we all paraded down to the Stake House (Mormon Districts are called ‘Stakes’), where there was a pioneer's meeting. stake president n. ΚΠ 1947 G. S. Perry Cities of Amer. iii. 39 Each stake president will parcel out the acreages he has agreed to accept among his bishops, and each bishop will divide his commitment among the Saints in his ward. C2. stake-boat n. a boat moored or otherwise fixed to serve as a starting-point or mark for racing boats; also, a fixed boat to which other boats may be moored. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > boat to which others may be moored stake-boat1839 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > pleasure vessel > [noun] > racing boat > vessel serving as mark in race stake-boat1839 turn-boat1896 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] > course > mark on course flag-boat1815 ryepeck1834 stake-boat1839 weather-mark1894 turn-boat1896 turn-mark1896 1839 Spirit of Times 13 July 217/2 After a smart pull for it, she [sc. a boat] overhauled them one by one, passing the Washington about half way to the stake-boat. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Apr. 8 The Cambridge crew..paddled away..to their stake-boat on the Middlesex side of the river. 1902 Federal Reports CXIII. 926 The tug left the tow in order to engage in other work, picking up light boats, and towing them down to a stake boat off Liberty Island. 1943 A. Gibbs U-Boat Prisoner 121 We went over to Jersey and took a motorboat to what he called a stake boat, where we found the barge. stake-body n. U.S. a body for a lorry, etc., which has an open, flat platform fitted with removable stakes (sense 5c) along the sides in order to retain the load; also attributive in stake-body truck, a lorry fitted with such a body. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > with specific type of body platform truck1868 stake-body truck1907 stake-truck1907 panel truck1910 tray top1934 cab-forward1936 cab-over1943 panel van1948 tipper1950 straight job1955 stake1968 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > part on which goods are carried > type of stake-body1907 1907 Cycle & Auto. Trade Jrnl. 1 Feb. 390 (caption) Studebaker 3½ ton paying load truck with stake body. 1913 Hub July 123 (caption) Universal Chain Drive Stake Body Truck. 1976 Washington Post 19 Apr. d3/5 (advt.) Discount center for stake bodies, step vans, medium duty trucks, [etc.]. 1978 J. Gores Gone, no Forwarding (1979) 4 He..opened the door of his stake-body truck. stake-driver n. U.S. the bittern, Botaurus mugitans. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Ciconiiformes (storks, etc.) > [noun] > family Ardeidae (herons and bitterns) > member of genus Botaurus (bittern) > miscellaneous types of American bitternc1330 bitternc1330 shitepoke1775 dunkadooa1813 matuku1847 stake-driver1872 thunder-pumper1877 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 269 Botaurus. Bittern... Stake-driver. 1889 H. Saunders Man. Brit. Birds 374 The note of the male..is..like the noise made by driving a stake in boggy soil, whence its common name of ‘Stake-’ or ‘Post-driver’. stake-fellow n. a fellow-sufferer at the stake. ΚΠ 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1148/1 [He] bad his bedfellow and sworne stakefellow..maister Saunders farewell. stake-hang n. dialect, (see quots.). ΚΠ 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 141 A knaw'd all about tha stake-hangs Tha zalmon vor ta catch. 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 72 Stake-hang,..a kind of circular hedge made of stakes, forced into the sea-shore..for the purpose of catching salmon, and other fish. stake-head n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1828–32 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Stake-head, in rope-making, a stake with wooden pins in the upper side to keep the strands apart. stake-iron n. (a) a nail-maker's stake (sense 5a); (b) = sense 5c. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for making other articles > [noun] > nail-making equipment nail-tool1338 hag-iron1825 hardy1829 bore1831 stake-iron1832 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) > other types > parts of pickstaff?1523 pikestowera1642 stake1875 stake-iron1875 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. i. 14 He puts this [rod of red-hot iron] into a hole in a small stake-iron immediately under a hammer connected with a treadle. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Stake-iron Bender, a machine for bending stake-irons for the bolsters of wagons. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle- or harness-making > saddler's equipment stake nail1688 welt1871 stob1872 chamfering-toola1877 pricking iron1904 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 300/1 Stake Nails, or Sadlers Tacks. stake-net n. a fishing net usually set between tide-marks or in shallow water, secured in a vertical position by means of stakes. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > fixed net stall net1246 trink1311 set net1481 trinkerc1485 pitch1523 half-net1538 trink-net1584 stop-net1634 toot-net1805 yair-net1805 stob-net1806 seta1808 stake-net1836 barrier-net1884 boom net1925 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 23 It is not unusual to have stake nets placed in the reverse position, with the courts open to the ebb-tide. 1936 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Feb. 7/1 A number of Rock Hall fishermen walked from their homes over the ice in the Chesapeake Bay to their stake nets near Tolchester Beach the past week, cut out their nets, and landed three hundred pounds of rock fish. 1973 W. Elmer Terminol. Fishing ii. 73 The stake net is a fixed net now only found on the south-west coast of Scotland. stake-pocket n. a socket for a stake of a platform car ( Cent. Dict. 1891). stake-presidency n. the presidency of a Mormon stake (see sense 6). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] > see of > Mormon > presidency of stake-presidency1909 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Stake-presidency. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > forming or marking boundary > with stakes > one who removes stakes stake-stubber1555 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. D.iii But yf stake stoobbers wyl not let staks stand Blame not the stake. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adjective] upstandingc1000 struttinga1643 stationary1656 standing1672 stake-stuck1751 1751 C. Smart Pretty Bar-keeper of Mitre vii, in C. Whibley In Cap & Gown 151 Ev'n stake-stuck Clarians strove to stoop. stake-truck n. = stake-body truck above. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > with specific type of body platform truck1868 stake-body truck1907 stake-truck1907 panel truck1910 tray top1934 cab-forward1936 cab-over1943 panel van1948 tipper1950 straight job1955 stake1968 1907 Cycle & Auto. Trade Jrnl. 1 Jan. 346a (caption) Five-ton Imperial Stake Truck. 1975 C. Weston Susannah Screaming xxvi. 137 An old stake truck passed him, the back jammed with long-haired college-age kids. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > willow > types of osierc1175 sallowc1400 stake willow1577 diamond willow1884 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 103v The other kinde [of willow]..seruing for stayes to Uines..or stakes of Hedges, and is called stake Wyllowe [L. quæ perticalis dicitur]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022). staken.2 1. a. That which is placed at hazard; esp. a sum of money or other valuable commodity deposited or guaranteed, to be taken by the winner of a game, race, contest, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > personal income or acquired wealth > derived from gaming or betting stake1540 play money1700 winnings1716 win1891 pay-off1905 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > stake wager1303 wedc1330 wed-feec1475 stake1540 lay1584 lake1636 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > stake wedc1330 set1537 setting1540 stake1540 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iv. iii. sig. Tj All the stakes and settynges that be sette within the dyce borde, whiche lye on lyttell heapes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 250 A Foole, That seest a Game play'd home, the rich Stake drawne, And tak'st it all for ieast. View more context for this quotation 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 41 He that winnes the game, gets not only the maine Stake, but all the Bets by follow the fortune of his hand. 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 88 Let who will be the gamesters, he is sure to sweep the stakes. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxiii. 44 Full well at tables can he play, And sweep at bowls the stake away. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 41 Our landlord here shall hold stakes. 1878 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre (ed. 2) 9 Even at low stakes one may lose or gain enough to give interest to the game. 1884 Ld. Tennyson Cup i. iii. 79 [I] am no such gamester As, having won the stake, would dare the chance Of double or losing all. b. figurative and in figurative context. ΚΠ 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 403 b Upon what grew this inequabilitie and parcialitie of dispensation [of pardons], if there were no stakes layed doune for the game? 1601 Ld. Mountjoy in F. Moryson Itinerary (1617) ii. 145 For now Jacta est alea between England and Spaine and we that doe play the game have least interest in the stake. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 15 The Sword, Which for no less a Stake than Life, you Draw. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 863 Can'st thou..Lay such a stake upon the losing side, Merely to gratify so blind a guide? View more context for this quotation 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. x. 136 The royalists in England, who played so deep a stake on the king's account. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 121 The prize was small..and the stake large, but they staked and lost it. c. figurative. to have a stake in (an event, a concern, etc.): to have something to gain or lose by the turn of events, to have an interest in; esp. in to have a stake in the country (said of those who hold landed property). Hence spec., a shareholding (in a company). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal concepts > appertain to as right or duty [verb (transitive)] > have an interest in to have a stake in1791 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > held holding1573 interest1674 equity1889 net worth1930 to have a stake in1955 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 480 [A. Dick:] With my most affectionate wishes for Dr. Johnson's recovery, in which his friends, his country, and all mankind have so deep a stake. 1807 Windham Speech House of Commons 22 July in Hansard IX. 897 Those entrusted with arms..should be persons of some substance and stake in the country. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi Introd. 8 And will probably always have the largest commercial stake in the African continent. 1911 H. Brown Hist. Scot. I. iv. viii. 281 Scotland came to have a stake in this struggle. 1955 Times 4 Aug. 12/1 Pilkington Brothers, famous the world over for plate and other kinds of glass, is proposing to increase its stake in another hardly less famous glass business. 1969 Listener 31 July 137/2 If the local paper has a stake in a local commercial station, this would tend to perpetuate the monopoly in local news and comment which has existed for too long in many provincial cities. 1981 Times 6 May 24/7 (heading) Trafalgar House buys 14.9 pc stake in French Kier. d. Phrases. to part stakes: see part v. 11c. Similarly †to share stakes, to divide stakes. to draw stakes, to withdraw what is staked as a wager, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > withdraw wager to draw stakes1554 1554 J. Philpot in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 246 Communicate your necessities to me, & to others of his people, and God will make vs to deuide stakes. 1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. D4v But belike the god himselfe ment to share stakes. 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 186 But after a tedious dispute they shall leave off and draw stakes. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 300 The King of Persia farms out the Mint to private Persons, who gain most by it, and share stakes with the money-changers. 1708 Brit. Apollo 15–20 Oct. We wou'd..advise the Wagerers to draw Stakes. 1758 O. Goldsmith tr. J. Marteilhe Mem. Protestant I. 30 After two or three Conferences, he drew Stakes and declined the Dispute. 1783 Hampshire Chron. 8 Sept. 3/2 When after four days play it [sc. the cricket match] was left undecided, through the unfavourableness of the weather, the gentlemen mutually agreeing to draw their stakes. 1818 Nottingham Rev. 18 Sept. The London players..represented to the Nottingham Club, that £25 was a serious sum to them, and they should feel themselves greatly obliged if the Club would draw the stakes and agree to play for nothing. 1850 Bell’s Life in London 3 Mar. 2/3 [In 1788] Stump, the Lancashire pedestrian..[ran] four miles over Knutsford Course..in 20 min 13 sec. but one of the umpires omitting to stop his watch the stakes were drawn. 2. In certain phrases: The condition of being staked. literal and figurative.In some of the early quots. the noun in these phrases is taken (either by misapprehension or conscious wordplay) as stake n.1 1b. ΚΠ 1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 5 So they vie and reuy till some tenne shillings bee on the stake. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 117 Haue you not set mine Honor at the stake, And baited it with all th' vnmuzled thoughts That tyrannous heart can think. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 14 I durst my Lord, to wager she is honest, Lay downe my soule at stake . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 150 My Honor's at the stake . View more context for this quotation 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII (1876) (modernized text) 34 He..saw plainly that his kingdom must again be put to the stake, and that he must fight for it. a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1880) III. 9 All that is deere unto us and our posteritie is now at the last fatall stacke. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 56 Are not our Liberties, our Lives, The Lawes, Religion, and our Wives Enough at once to lye at stake? 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 11 My Brinded Heifar to the Stake I lay;..Now back your singing with an equal Stake. b. figurative. (To be) at stake, to have at stake. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > at risk at stake1609 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [adverb] > stake at stake1609 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [adverb] > at stake at stake1609 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 220 I see my reputation is at stake, My fame is shrowdly gor'd. View more context for this quotation 1722 R. Steele Conscious Lovers ii. i I have more than Life at stake on your Fidelity. 1872 W. H. Dixon W. Penn (rev. ed.) x. 85 His private ease was nothing, while so great a principle was at stake. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 227 He may be fairly appealed to, when the honour of his master is at stake. 3. a. plural in Horse Racing, Coursing, etc., the sums of money staked or subscribed by the owners who enter horses or dogs for a contest, the whole to be received as the prize by the owner of the winner or divided among the owners of the animals ‘placed’, as declared in the conditions of the contest. Hence in singular (cf. sweepstake n.) a race for money thus staked or subscribed. Also in plural with defining words as the designation of particular races or classes of races in which the sum of money staked is the prize as distinguished from a Plate (see plate n. 4), Cup, or the like. produce stakes: (a) in Horse Racing, a race in which the runners must be the offspring of horses named and described at the time of entry; a produce race; (b) in Coursing, a race for puppies, i.e. for dogs of from one to two years of age; also called puppy stakes. sapling stakes: in Coursing, a race for saplings, i.e. dogs of less than one year old (see sapling n. Compounds 1). subscription stakes: in Horse Racing, a race for which subscribers of a fixed amount annually have the right to enter one or more horses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > stake > in horse or dog racing stake1696 added money1831 stoater1860 place money1865 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > types of racing > types of race wild-goose race1594 wild goose chase1597 bell-course1607 Palio1673 stake1696 paddock course1705 handicap1751 by-match1759 pony race1765 give and take plate1769 sweepstake1773 steeplechase1793 mile-heat1802 steeple race1809 welter1820 trotting-race1822 scurry1824 walkover1829 steeple hunt1831 set-to1840 sky race1840 flat race1848 trot1856 grind1857 feeler1858 nursery1860 waiting race1868 horse-trot1882 selling plate1888 flying milea1893 chase1894 flying handicap1894 prep1894 selling race1898 point-to-point1902 seller1922 shoo-in1928 daily double1930 bumper1946 selling chase1965 tiercé1981 1696 London Gaz. No. 3175/4 Strangers for the 30 l. Plate are to put in 4 l. and for the 20 l. Plate, 2 l. The Stakes are to go to the 2d Horse. 1730 J. Cheny Hist. List Horse-matches 86 On..the following Day was a Purse of 20 l. Sterling,..en. 2 Guineas, Stakes 10 Guineas. 1734 J. Cheny Hist. List Horse-matches 1 The following five Year Olds started for a Purse of 600 Guineas, call'd the Wallasey Stakes. 1778 in J. S. Fletcher Hist. St. Leger Stakes ii. 40 Tuesday, September 22.—The St. Leger Stakes of 25 gs. each, for three-year olds. 18.. Turf Expositor in Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports (1840) §1268. 364 Cocktails are horses which appear as racers, but are understood not to be thorough~bred... They run for hunters' stakes, and also for what are called half-bred stakes. 1837 ‘Nimrod’ Chace, Turf, & Road iii. 283 There are upwards of a hundred horses besides himself named for the stake [i.e. the Derby]. 1837 ‘Nimrod’ Chace, Turf, & Road iii. 276 The system lately adopted of produce-stakes for half-bred horses. 1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §1288. 369 By the winning of stakes alone, if honesty did but conduct the race, much money might be won, so as to remunerate..the vast sums which are expended in breeding, rearing, and training the best blood. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports i. iii. viii. 205/2 Puppy Stakes... In all produce stakes, the description of the puppy to contain its name, age, and pedigree [etc.]. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 30 Nov. 7/2 The cost [of horse-racing] is positively frightful in these days of heavy subscription stakes. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 201/2 [article Coursing] It was in the year 1836 that the proprietor of the Waterloo Hotel in Liverpool improvised an eight-dog stake, which he styled the Waterloo Cup. b. colloquial. Used figuratively with defining words to denote a particular business or way of life in which success is attained through competition. ΚΠ 1885 Sat. Rev. 7 Feb. 181/2 The hothouse kind of life..enabled this nervous, delicate, and curiously constituted competitor to win the Novel Stakes time after time. c1885 A. W. Pinero Magistrate (1892) i. 24 You nominated yourself for the Matrimonial Stakes. Mr. Farringdon's The Widow, by Bereavement, out of Mourning, ten pounds extra. 1901 G. B. Shaw Admirable Bashville ii. i. 309 Yet so threadbare as to accept these consolation stakes. 1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. v. 145 He was not going to enter for the slander stakes. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid iii. 34 Both the men looked as if they might be on the Jo Roncing [i.e. poncing] stakes. 1969 Listener 3 Apr. 470/1 No music is more recuperative than Mozart's and, in the therapy stakes, none runs it as close as Webern's. 1977 Spare Rib May 37/1 Energy and money were spent outdoing other girls in the beauty stakes. 4. slang. (See quot. 1819.) Also North American, a grub-stake; a sum of money earned or saved; a store of provisions or sum of money necessary for survival during a certain period. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > for other purposes alms purse1530 privy purse1565 sinking fund1717 stakea1744 pension fund1757 spare-chest1769 road fund1784 revolving fund1793 community chest1796 provident fund1817 sustentation fund1837 wages-fund1848 slush fund1874 treasury chest fund1877 fall money1883 jackpot1884 provision1895 war chest1901 juice1935 fighting fund1940 structural fund1967 appeal fund1976 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder reifOE fang1016 fengc1175 purchasec1325 predec1330 robberyc1330 robbingsc1330 spoila1340 spoila1382 chevisance1393 waitha1400 fee14.. pilferc1400 pelfa1425 spreathc1425 butinc1450 emprisec1450 gain1473 despoil1474 pelfry?a1475 pilfery1489 spulyie1507 cheat1566 bootinga1572 booty1574 escheat1587 boot1598 exuvial1632 bootyn1635 polling1675 expilation1715 prog1727 swag1794 filch1798 spreaghery1814 stake1819 a1744 W. Byrd Hist. Dividing Line in Writings (1901) 178 [We] recommended to the men to manage this, their last stake, to best advantage. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. (at cited word) A booty acquired by robbery, or a sum of money won at play, is called a stake, and if considerable, a prime stake, a heavy stake; a person alluding to any thing difficult to be procured..would say, I consider it a stake to get it at all. 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 204 The horse is his last resource... When lost, the quondam owner is said to be flat broke or flat footed, and must beg, borrow, or steal, for a stake. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West 510 It is a splendid country to travel through; a miserable poor one to stop in to make a ‘stake’. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 114 He had made a pretty good stake, and wanted to go east for the winter. 1899 ‘J. Flynt’ Tramping with Tramps i. i. 20 It is usually immaterial to him what happens to society as such so long as he [sc. a thief] can make a ‘stake’. 1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route xi. 117 A hobo may go to town with a stake and blow it in during two or three nights of slapping it up. 1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh i. 53 I'll make my stake and get my new gamblin' house open before you boys leave. 1966 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 21 Aug. 5/1 They [sc. loggers] seldom worked more than a few months in one place, just long enough to gather a stake, which they spent in a few days in town. 1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) vii. 279 I worked in that oil town in the Rift..and when I had a little stake I hitched back to Istiqlal. Compounds C1. General attributive. stake-money n. ΚΠ 1810 Sporting Mag. 36 123 He fought Dutch Sam for his own stake money. stake-race n. ΚΠ 1896 H. M. Blossom Checkers ii. 20 Y' see, take a big stake-race like this, where every horse is a ‘cracker-jack’,..and they've all got a chance. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 1/5 Deep in the bush you can have just about all the comforts of home as the great uranium stake race enters its final two days. C2. stake-man n. U.S. slang a hobo, a tramp. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp harlot?c1225 raikera1400 vacabond1404 vagrant1444 gangrela1450 briber?c1475 palliard1484 vagabondc1485 rogue1489 wavenger1493 hermit1495 gaberlunzie1508 knight of the field1508 loiterer1530 straggler1530 runagate1534 ruffler1535 hedge-creeper1548 Abraham man1567 cursitor1567 runner1567 walker1567 tinker1575 traveller1598 Tartar1602 stravagant1606 wagand1614 Circumcellion1623 meechera1625 hedge-bird1631 gaberlunzie man1649 tramp1664 stroller1681 jockey1685 bird of passage1717 randy1724 tramper1760 stalko1804 vagabondager1813 rintherout1814 piker1838 pikey1838 beachcomber1840 roadster1851 vagabondizer1860 roustabout1862 bum1864 migratory1866 potter1867 sundowner1868 vag1868 walkabout1872 transient1877 Murrumbidgee whaler1878 rouster1882 run-the-hedge1882 whaler1883 shaughraun1884 heather-cat1886 hobo1889 tussocker1889 gay cat1893 overlander1898 stake-man1899 stiff1899 bindle-stiff1900 dingbat1902 stew-bum1902 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 skipper1925 Strandlooper1927 knight of the road1928 hobohemian1936 plain turkey1955 scrub turkey1955 derro1963 jakey1988 crusty1990 1899 ‘J. Flynt’ Tramping with Tramps ii. v. 310 He learns to travel merely for travel's sake, and develops into a ‘stake-man’, who only works long enough to get a ‘stake’ and then go off on a trip again. 1901 J. London Let. 6 Dec. (1966) 126 Wyckoff only knows the workingman, the stake-man, and the bindle-stiff. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stakev.1 1. a. transitive. To mark (land) with stakes. North American, to claim (land) by marking it with stakes; also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] > fix boundary of > with stakes stakec1330 stob1550 dool1656 stoop1663 post1712 to peg out1852 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [verb (transitive)] > prove right to possession > claim right to possession assert1652 stake1908 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1852 Þey..mesured lond, & dide hit stake þat ilkon dide his owen knowe. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 309 [They] þat þorgh þe reame suld go, þe boundes forto stake. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xxii. f. 41 [Meadows] ought to be well staked bytwene euery mannes dole. 1715 Maryland Laws (1723) vi. 20 The Surveyor..shall have..Fees and Rewards of laying out and staking the Towns and Lots. 1716 in J. H. Temple & G. Sheldon Hist. Northfield, Mass. (1875) 139 Each man's several quantities being set out and staked. 1908 M. A. Grainger Woodsmen of West 78 Now Billy Hewlitt was a ‘timber-cruiser’—a man who sought for forest timber, to stake it. 1916 Yukon Territory (Canada Dept. Interior) 12 In a short time Bonanza was staked from end to end. 1945 Clarke County Democrat (Grove Hill, Alabama) 24 May 1/6 The California Oil Company..has staked a location for the drilling of a test well. 1959 M. Shand Summit & Beyond vii. 113 There was a report of a [gold] strike up White River. The men were talking of going to ‘stake’. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 1/7 It is land that was staked before in the madness of 1954, when it became known that one of the world's greatest concentrations of uranium ores had been uncovered. b. with adverbs off, out; esp. to mark out (land, a building site, etc.) with stakes or pegs. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1445 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 404 The enlarging of garit hostell, as hit is now staked out. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 232 We went to measure out the grounds: and so we cast lots where euery man should lie, which we staked out. 1710 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 49 Thomas..has survey'd and stak'd out the same. 1885 Manch. Examiner 6 May 4/7 It will only remain to stake off the boundary through the intermediate districts. c. to stake (out, †off) a claim, to make or register a claim (to land) by marking it with stakes; frequently figurative. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [verb (intransitive)] > claim right to possession to stake (out, off) a claim1851 1851 State Jrnl. (San Jose, Calif.) 15 Mar. 2/1 It was estimated that ten thousand people were on the ground staking off ‘claims’. 1876 R. Bridges Growth of Love viii, in Poet. Wks. (1912) 191 And against her shames Imagination stakes out heavenly claims. 1904 J. London Daughter of Snows xiii. 140 You staked that claim before he was dry behind the ears. 1928 H. Crane Let. 17 Apr. (1965) 324 Skepticism may stop there.., but I am not exactly satisfied by that... I still stake some claims on the pertinence of the intuitions. 1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime xiv. 199 Up till now, he had regarded Lord Emsworth as the most promising claim that any prospector for ore could hope to stake out. 1949 Nat. Hist. Apr. 189/3 Sometimes when the bee hunter finds a nest that has not yet reached its peak of honey production, he will ‘stake his claim’ by marking the tree so that other hunters will know of his prior discovery. 2. a. To protect, support, or obstruct with stakes. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] > with a post or stake percha1398 stakea1500 stanchion1528 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > shut up (a place) > with a barrier, fence, etc. hedgea1425 stakea1500 to rail offc1500 stake1598 chain1603 rope1621 fence1767 hurdle1770–4 barrier1776 traverse1828 ward1842 stone1889 a1500 ( Bale's Chron. in R. Flenley Six Town Chron. (1911) 130 And they hadde mervelously staked all þe feeld aboute þeym that no power of horsmen shuld com and override theym. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 732/1 I stake a hedge, je mets des espieux en vne haye. 1576 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 382 The water corse going to the howse of offyce..shalbe staked and stopped uppe. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 63 Order was giuen that the camp should be entrenched and staked. 1602 Ld. Mountjoy in F. Moryson Itinerary (1617) ii. 213 Long traverses..staked on both sides with pallisades watled. b. with adverbs. To close up or in, to keep out, to shut off with a barrier of stakes. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > shut up (a place) > with a barrier, fence, etc. hedgea1425 stakea1500 to rail offc1500 stake1598 chain1603 rope1621 fence1767 hurdle1770–4 barrier1776 traverse1828 ward1842 stone1889 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. v. iii. 73 I shall praise thee all the while, So be, thou stake not vp the common stile; So be thou hedge in nought, but what's thine owne. 1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 19 The Duke of Glocester..Then caus'd his Ships the riuer vp to Stake, That none with Victuall should the Towne relieue. 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 62 No marvell any thing if letters must be turn'd into palisadoes to stake out all requisite sense from entring to their due enlargement. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. iii. 33 On the bank of loose stones above the mud and stakes that staked the tide out. 1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (ed. 2) 71 This world of natural men is staked off from the Spiritual World by barriers which have never yet been crossed from within. c. To put stakes or a stake to (a plant). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > stake stick1636 stake1664 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 63 in Sylva Stake and bind up your weakest Plants and Flowers against the Windes. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 90 They staked each Tree with four Poles, of about ten Foot long. 1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 255 Beans answer excellently, to stake the tares intended for seed. 1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 475 All open standards should be staked as soon as planted. 3. To secure with or as with a stake. a. To bind or tie up (an animal) to a stake; to bind (a person) to the stake for execution. Also with out. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > tether renewc1450 tether1483 stake1544 picket1729 headline1800 flit1816 hang1835 to rack up1843 bail1846 to hang up1858 bush1871 manger1905 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > bind, fetter, or shackle [verb (transitive)] > to the stake stake1839 1544 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Court of Requests (1898) 79 His seruauntes dyd tedre and stayk thar horses vpon vj hawyns of Stokeleys. 1772 T. Simpson Compl. Vermin-killer 22 The only method that can be taken is..by staking a chicken by the leg. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. iv. 87 He ordered two soldiers to catch and stake me... This is a very severe punishment; four posts are driven into the ground, and the man is extended by his arms and legs horizontally, and there left to stretch for several hours. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters III. i. 6 Our horses were unsaddled and staked on the open plain. 1895 Outing 26 403/1 We rode up as far toward the top of the ridge as we dared go and then staked out the ponies. b. To fasten (a thing) down, on with a stake or with stakes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with stake stake1621 speek1644 prick1647 pale1703 skewer1781 picket1847 skiver1888 1621 G. Markham Hungers Preuention 114 These Nets being thus stakt downe with strong stakes. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 44 In fixing the wheels and pullies upon a shaft, which is mostly done by driving wedges in the bush of the wheel or pulley, called staking them on. 1852 R. F. Burton Falconry in Valley of Indus viii. 80 Strong fishing-nets, carefully staked down. ΚΠ 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. V2v Nere tell me of this or that he sayes I spake or did, except he particularize and stake downe the verie words. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 16 I haue a soule of lead So stakes me to the ground I cannot stirre. View more context for this quotation 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 12 Men..that seem to be staked down and nailed fast to the Earth. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi ii. vii. 24/2 I know not whether the Terrors of my dreadful Voyage hither might not be ordered by the Divine Providence, to Stake me in this Land. a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 14 His Mind was so airy and volatile, he could not have kept his Chamber, if he must needs be there staked down purely to the Drudgery of the Law. 4. a. To impale (a person) on a stake. Also with up. Also, to transfix and fasten down (a person) with a stake. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] > impale or picket > on a stake stake1577 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > pierce > impale or transfix fallOE through-smitec1300 staira1400 through-beara1400 stake1577 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 203/2 (margin) in Chron. I The procurers of the murder were staked. 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iv. i That with the sharpnes of my edged sting, I might haue stakte them both vnto the earth. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 24 Others [Nero] staked through, rosined and waxened over their bodies, and so set them lighted up, as torches. 1657 N. Billingsley Brachy-martyrologia vii. 26 Seven sons she had, all stak'd, rack'd and at last Thrust through, were into a deep pit cast. 1680 T. Otway Hist. Caius Marius i. 8 Stake me, just Gods, with Thunder to the Earth. 1716 B. Church Entertaining Passages Philip's War ii. 99 His body being staked up, his head cut off, and a hogs head set in the room. 1786 J. Wolcot Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians i, in Wks. (1812) I. 128 Stak'd through the body like a paltry Thief. b. passive. Of a horse, etc.: To be injured by impalement on a hedge or fence stake. Also reflexive; hence transitive, to cause a horse to stake himself. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > of horse: have disorder [verb (intransitive)] > be injured spaula1425 stake1687 snag1807 to cap the hock1886 the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > of horse: have disorder [verb (reflexive)] > stub or stake stub1686 stake1687 1687 London Gaz. No. 2281/4 A bright bay Gelding.., a..Scar on the far side near the Flank, (where he had been stak'd). 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 249 If any of these Dogs should happen to stake themselves, by brushing through Hedges. 1884 Law Times 78 100/1 The animals..attempted to jump a fence. The foal was staked and had to be killed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > forcibly > drive or strike in > as a stake, pile, peg, or wedge pile1523 coin1580 stake1612 pega1614 1612 D. Carleton Let. 13 Apr. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 572 Hee hathe pulled up the piles, that ye Ferraresi had staked in. 6. Leather Manufacturing. (See quot. 1853.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > stretch or smooth hides or leather beam1605 stake1686 frizz1697 strike1764 seta1884 snuff1897 1686 London Gaz. No. 2124/4 Stolen.., about 350 of the best Kids, some ready pared, and some in the Crust not staked. 1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) II. 63 The tawed skins, when dry, are ‘staked’, that is stretched, scraped, and smoothed by friction against the blunt edge of a semi-circular knife. Categories » 7. ‘To push with a stake or a pole, as a railroad car’ (Webster, 1911). ? U.S. 8. colloquial (originally U.S.). a. Usually with adverb out. To maintain surveillance of (a place, etc.) in order to detect criminal activity or apprehend a suspect. Cf. stake-out n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > keep watch on [verb (transitive)] > specifically a place stake1942 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §499/4 Stake out,..to surround a criminal retreat to spy upon or prevent escape. 1943 R. Chandler Lady in Lake (1944) xxix. 157 They had the house staked. 1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File 221 When..the French police staked out the courier routes, they found..50,000 dollars of forged signed travellers' cheques. 1967 M. Procter Exercise Hoodwink xiii. 91 The house was ‘staked out.’.. A man called Whipper Slade emerged. ‘Coo, he's a real deadleg,’ said a detective who recognised him. 1974 Black World June 28/1 Places that are so staked out with doormen and electronic gadgets that only god can enter the lobby. 1981 Daily Tel. 6 July 2/2 Police were tipped off that trouble might occur with skinheads at nearby Greenford. They staked out a likely disco there. b. to be staked out: to be set, or to set oneself, to maintain surveillance of a place. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > investigate crime [verb (intransitive)] > be under surveillance to be staked out1951 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > procedures used in spying > maintain surveillance [verb (intransitive)] to be staked out1951 society > communication > indication > marking > marking out > [adjective] > marked with stakes to be staked out1951 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > keep watch [verb (intransitive)] > be under surveillance scouta1625 to be staked out1951 1951 ‘M. Spillane’ Big Kill vi. 122 He's been a cop a long time. He's been staked out often enough to spot it when he's being watched himself. 1974 J. A. Michener Centennial iv. 162 The Pawnee reacted as had been expected, with a countercharge of their own, and their leaders had covered only a short distance when they spotted Lame Beaver staked out, his rifle at the ready. 1979 H. Kissinger White House Years xix. 756 David Bruce..came to the Embassy through the front door where the press was staked out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † stakev.2 Scottish. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To place. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] doeOE layc950 seta1000 puta1225 dight1297 pilt?a1300 stow1362 stick1372 bestowc1374 affichea1382 posec1385 couchc1386 dressa1387 assize1393 yarkc1400 sita1425 place1442 colloque1490 siegea1500 stake1513 win1515 plat1529 collocate1548 campc1550 posit1645 posture1645 constitute1652 impose1681 sist1852 shove1902 spot1937 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. iii. 72 And glaidy eik haue I nocht stakyt the Intill a party of the hevin alssua? [L. scis ut te..cæli libens in parte locarim]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021). stakev.3 1. intransitive. To wager, hazard money, on the event of a game or contest. Now apprehended as absolute use of sense 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] laya1300 to lay wedc1330 stake1530 wager1604 bet1609 gamble1757 sport1760 invest1852 punt1887 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > play games of chance [verb (intransitive)] > stake stake1530 seta1553 chip1857 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 732/1 I stake in a play, je boute. I wyll nat play, except every mans take. 1591 [see sense 3]. 1632 P. Hausted Rivall Friends ii. ii Vrs. What shall we play for? Mer. Two pinnes a game. Vrs. Stake then. 1709 Yorkshire-racers 10 And Tandem stakes both for himself and friend. 1896 Spectator 10 Oct. 480/1 As a rule a woman who plays cards for money feels like the cashier who is staking out of his master's till. 2. transitive. to stake down: to deposit (a sum of money) as a wager or stake on the result of a game or contest. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > bet (money, etc.) laya1300 wed1362 to lay downc1430 setc1460 jeopardc1470 wage1484 holda1500 pary?a1505 to stake down1565 stake1591 gagec1598 bet?a1600 go1607 wagera1616 abet1617 impone1702 sport1706 stand1795 gamble1813 parlay1828 ante1846 to put on1890 plunge1919 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > gamble at a game [verb (transitive)] > stake something in game play?a1425 hazard1529 stoopc1555 to stake down1565 prizea1592 stake1591 gamble1813 buck1851 chip1857 to chip in1892 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Contendere Pignore aliquo contendere, to gage or stake downe somwhat and pay for it. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 214 Gra. Wele play..for a thousand ducats. Ner. What and stake downe ? View more context for this quotation 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 198 So Wagers made by lookers on vpon other mens games are disallowed, which is the cause that Stipulations are made, putting the pawne or money downe, which is called, to stake downe. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 22 And if you doubt it to be true, I'l stake my self down against you. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 41 Our landlord here shall hold stakes, and I will stake down gold till I send thee linen. 3. To put at hazard (a sum of money, an article of value, etc.) upon the cast of dice, the result of a competition or game, the event of a contingency, etc.; to wager. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > bet (money, etc.) laya1300 wed1362 to lay downc1430 setc1460 jeopardc1470 wage1484 holda1500 pary?a1505 to stake down1565 stake1591 gagec1598 bet?a1600 go1607 wagera1616 abet1617 impone1702 sport1706 stand1795 gamble1813 parlay1828 ante1846 to put on1890 plunge1919 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > gamble at a game [verb (transitive)] > stake something in game play?a1425 hazard1529 stoopc1555 to stake down1565 prizea1592 stake1591 gamble1813 buck1851 chip1857 to chip in1892 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 25 T. Let vs keepe the lawes of the court. G. That is, stake money vnder the line... H. Here is my monie, now stake you. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 188 He..No lesser of her Honour confident..stakes this Ring. View more context for this quotation 1754 Connoisseur (1755) No. 44. 259 Other Ladies of the family are staking their halfpence at Put or All-Fours in the kitchen. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 113 Sir Philip staked his handsome horse Sawney against Archibald's sorry poney. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Prol. 9 I'll stake my ruby ring upon it you did. 1885 Spectator 25 July 977/2 The believer had the courage of his opinions and staked ten dollars on a magician whom he knew. 4. figurative. To risk the loss of, to hazard. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance or risk [verb (transitive)] hazard1567 jumpa1616 risk1660 stake1670 chance1859 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iv. 147 Men of Quality, who had generously stak'd their persons for the good of their fellow Citizens. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. v. 148 They had staked their lives against the chance of empire. 1868 A. P. Stanley Hist. Mem. Westm. Abbey iv. 248 On it the sculptor Gibbs staked his immortality. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §4. 378 Mary had staked all on her union with Darnley. 5. colloquial (originally U.S.) To furnish with money or supplies, etc.; to grub-stake. Also with complement introduced by with or to indicating the commodity, etc., supplied. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > with provisions or stores warnestorec1374 provision1604 stake1853 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 219 The jofired mean whelp wouldn't stake me. a1889 Chicago Herald in A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang There is no doubt that he had plenty of money and plenty of clothing when he left, for his family staked him. It is known that he had $55 on the night preceding the murder. 1894 ‘M. Twain’ Pudd'nhead Wilson iv. 58 Tom staked him with marbles to play ‘keeps’ with. 1902 H. L. Wilson Spenders xxx. 356 Well, there's Burman. He's plunging in corn now. His father has staked him, and he swears he can't lose. 1917 G. B. McCutcheon Green Fancy 25 He staked her to a ticket to New York. 1922 H. L. Foster Adventures Trop. Tramp iii. 27 I'd better stake you to some heavier clothes. 1934 R. Graves I, Claudius xxiii. 333 He gave me a purse of money and muttered in my ear: ‘Tell nobody that I'm staking you, but put this on Scarlet.’ 1942 Z. N. Hurston in Amer. Mercury LV. 88 If Jelly really had had some money, he might have staked him..to a hot. Good Southern cornbread with a piano on a platter. 1969 Coast to Coast 1967–8 138 They would stake him, buy his grub, supply him with horses and packs, pay him a hundred pounds for her scalp. 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die ii. 38 He felt their happiness for him, and to repay it he said, ‘Now let me stake you guys, you too, Diane. Twenty grand apiece.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † stakev.4 Scottish. Obsolete. a. transitive. To supply the needs of; to stock or furnish sufficiently with something. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide for the wants or needs of frameOE providec1425 sorrow1481 stake1547 exhibit1601 sorry1601 consult1682 organize1892 1547 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 80 And ordains the said Abbot and his convent religious men be honestlie stakit and furnist. 1565–6 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 426 That thai, on na wayis, sell ony part..of the samyn wynis..unto the tyme thair Hienessis, the prelattis..and baronis be first stakit of thair necessaris thairof. 1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlii. 162 Quhilk number [of preachers].. is sa small The Kirkis can not be stakit all. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 319 Collectouris maid in everie towne quhair salt vas maid to take vp sa mikill as to staik the cuntrie. 1583 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. Perceaving weill St Androis vaikit and syne how sone the knave was staikit. a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. C2 He is weill staikit thereben, that will neither borrow nor len. b. Of a thing: To supply the wants of, to be sufficient for, to satisfy. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (transitive)] > satisfy (needs or desires) sleckc1175 stanch1340 fulfilc1384 satiatec1450 satisfyc1475 slockc1480 expletea1500 supplya1513 satisfice?1531 suffice1533 stake1550 to fill up1600 1550 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 104 It salbe lesum to skynneris to pull samone voll skynnis as will staik tham to mak vark of within thair bothis. 1563 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 539/1 That thay that ar appointit..haue the principall mans.., or samekill thairof as salbe fundin sufficient for staiking of thame. 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xi. 32 Ȝe suld considdir or ȝe taik thame [i.e. lovers] That littill scheruice will not staik thame. ?1591 R. Bruce Serm. Sacrament ii. sig. G2 Be the naked and simple preaching of the worde zee get faith; sa the simple word may staike zou. c. intransitive. To suffice. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > be sufficient [verb (intransitive)] sufficec1340 servea1375 stretchc1374 suffiec1380 reach1446 stake1572 to pass muster1855 1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxx. 213 This Tragedie may staik, to tell the Lordis,..The thrid of marche was worthy Methwen slane. 1583 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. To London Lowrie tuke the geat, With traine myt staik for his esteat. 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Eij Abusers, staikes it not to lurk in lust, Without [etc.]. Derivatives ˈstaking n. (one's) fill. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > enough to satisfy want or desire fillc893 fulla1225 fillinga1400 sufficiencec1450 bellyful1535 stakinga1595 wameful1722 skinful1897 a1595 Descr. Isles Scotl. in W. Skene Celtic Scotl. (1880) III. App. iii. 431 [They] saltis na fisches, but eittis thair staiking and castis the rest on the land. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1c893n.21540v.1c1330v.21513v.31530v.41547 |
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