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stake1 1. one of a number of vertical posts that fit into sockets around a flat truck or railway wagon to hold the load in place 2. a method or the practice of executing a person by binding him to a stake in the centre of a pile of wood that is then set on fire 3. Mormon Church an administrative district consisting of a group of wards under the jurisdiction of a president stake2 1. the money or valuables that a player must hazard in order to buy into a gambling game or make a bet 2. the money that a player has available for gambling 3. Horse racing a race in which all owners of competing horses contribute to the prize money How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If he wins, he will be at liberty, perhaps, to give vent to a laugh, or to pass a remark on the circumstance to a bystander, or to stake again, or to double his stake; but, even this he must do solely out of curiosity, and for the pleasure of watching the play of chances and of calculations, and not because of any vulgar desire to win. "The game," the Bird replied, "is fair as you say; the chances are about even; but consider the stake. For a stake of one sovereign he undertook to run all the way to Coventry and back, a distance of something more than forty miles. |
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