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staking [′stāk·iŋ]

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Joining two parts together by fitting a projection on one part against a mating feature in the other part and then causing plastic flow at the joint.

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No references found	But the position of a man pursuing a married woman, and, regardless of everything, staking his life on drawing her into adultery, has something fine and grand about it, and can never be ridiculous; and so it was with a proud and gay smile under his mustaches that he lowered the opera glass and looked at his cousin. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context As they had been duly forewarned by Bashti, the penalty for infraction of the rules he had laid down was staking out on the reef at low tide to be eaten by the fish-sharks. Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context He was invited to survey and lay out Skeeterville, a town which the children were getting up in a huckleberry pasture; and he found much amusement in planning little roads, staking off house-lots, attending to the water-works, and consulting with the "selectmen" about the best sites for public buildings; for Mac was a boy still, in spite of his fifteen years and his love of books. Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context	stair wall string stair windows stair wire Stair, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, John Dalrymple, 1st earl of Stair, John Dalrymple, 2d earl of stairbox stairbuilder's truss staircase staircase signal staircasing stairhead STAIRS stairway stairwell stake stake-and-rider fence Staked Plain stakeholder stakeout Stakhanov Stakhanov, Aleksei Stakhanov, Aleksei Grigorevich Stakhanovism Stakhanovite Movement staking staking out stal Stal, Liudmila Stal, Liudmila Nikolaevna Stalactite stalactite and stalagmite stalactite ornament stalactite work Stalacto-Stalagmite Stalagmite stalagmometer stale stale link stale pointer bug stale sewage stalemate Stalin Stalin, Josef Stalin, Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, Joseph Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalinabad Stalingrad Stalingrad, Battle Stalingrad, Battle of 1942–43	stakeholding stakeholding stakeholding stakeholding stakeout stakeout stakes stakes stakes stakes stakes stakes a claim stakes a claim stakes a claim stakes out stakes out stakes out Stakhanov Stakhanov, Aleksei Stakhanov, Aleksei Grigorevich Stakhanovism Stakhanovism Stakhanovist Stakhanovists Stakhanovite Stakhanovite Stakhanovite movement Stakhanovite movement Stakhanovites Stakhr staking staking a claim staking a claim staking a claim staking out staking out staking out Staktometer Stal Stal Stal Stal, Liudmila Stal, Liudmila Nikolaevna STALA Stalactic stalactiform stalactiform stalactite stalactite Stalactite and Stalactite and Stalactite and Stalagmite Stalactite and Stalagmite stalactite ornament Stalactite work Stalactites Stalactites stalactitic stalactitic Stalactitiform stalacto-stalagmite

But the position of a man pursuing a married woman, and, regardless of everything, staking his life on drawing her into adultery, has something fine and grand about it, and can never be ridiculous; and so it was with a proud and gay smile under his mustaches that he lowered the opera glass and looked at his cousin.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

As they had been duly forewarned by Bashti, the penalty for infraction of the rules he had laid down was staking out on the reef at low tide to be eaten by the fish-sharks.

Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context

He was invited to survey and lay out Skeeterville, a town which the children were getting up in a huckleberry pasture; and he found much amusement in planning little roads, staking off house-lots, attending to the water-works, and consulting with the "selectmen" about the best sites for public buildings; for Mac was a boy still, in spite of his fifteen years and his love of books.

Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

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