(croquet) A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
(with definite article) The piece oftimber to which a person condemned to death wasaffixed to beburned.
Thomas Cranmer was burnt at thestake.
1936, Rollo Ahmed,The Black Art, London: Long, page106:
However, the word "witch" came to be applied almost exclusively to women who [...] were usually old and ugly, and for this reason many unfortunate old ladies, whose only crimes were loneliness and a lack of beauty, went to thestake.
Ashare or interest in a business or a given situation.
The owners let the managers eventually earn astake in the business.
2021 February 10, Richard Clinnick, “Eurostar boost as French promise aid”, inRAIL, number924, page10:
The French Government is Eurostar's majority shareholder, with the country's state-owned railway SNCF holding a 55%stake, while Belgian state operator SNCB has a 5%stake.
That which is laid down as awager; that which is staked orhazarded; apledge.
A smallanvil usuallyfurnished with atang to enter a hole in abench top, as used bytinsmiths,blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
(Mormonism) Aterritorialdivision comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
1910,Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge:
Every city, orstake, including a chief town and surrounding towns, has its president, with two counselors; and this president has a high council of chosen men.
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You see, I'd made a bargain with him to buy the horse for a hundred and twenty—a swinging price, but I always liked the horse. And what does he do but go andstake him—fly at a hedge with stakes in it, atop of a bank with a ditch before it.
2014, A. J. Gallant,Dracula: Hearts of Stone:
“You ladies happen to notice what happened to this vampire? This just happened. Did you see whostaked him?”
1709 May,Alexander Pope, “Pastorals. Spring. The First Pastoral, or Damon.[…]”, inPoetical Miscellanies: The Sixth Part.[…], London:[…]Jacob Tonson,[…],→OCLC,page725:
I'llſtake my Lamb that near the Fountain plays, / And from the Brink his dancing Shade ſurveys.
(transitive) To provide (another) with money in order to engage in an activity asbetting or a business venture.
John went broke, so to keep him playing, Jill had tostake him.
His familystaked him $10,000 to get his business started.
Any peer can participate in the mining process bystaking coins in order to validate a new transaction. To become a miner, there are two options; you canstake your coins to be used by a trustworthy node[…], or you can submit a full node to be selected as a miner.
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1996,Björn Rosenström, “Ragnar”, inLåtar som är sådär [Songs that are so-so][1]:
Ni har hört låten om Lennart, men ni har inte hört den om hans bror. Han heter Ragnar. Tillverkar vagnar. Han bor i Flen, men han har ett problem. Ragnar är översexuell, -sexuell. Han är kåt som ett djur. Han får sitta i bur. Han vill våldta och antasta allt som han ser, och när han har gjort det så ber han om mer. Stackars Ragnar kastreras ska, men det är nog lika bra. Ni förstår, hans rekord ingen slår. Han har haftstake i femton år.
You've heard the song about Lennart, but you haven't heard the one about his brother. His name is Ragnar. Makes wagons. He lives inFlen, but he has a problem. Ragnar is oversexed, -sexed. He's horny as an animal. He has to sit in a cage. He wants to rape and molest everything that he sees, and when he's done so, he asks for more. Poor Ragnar is going to be castrated, but that's probably just as well. You see, no one beats his record. He's had ahard-on for fifteen years.
