Stake (v. t.) A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
Stake (v. t.) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
Stake (v. t.) A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
Stake (v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
Staked (imp. & p. p.) of Stake
Staking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stake
Stake (v. t.) To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
Stake (v. t.) To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.
Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
Stake (v. t.) To pierce or wound with a stake.
Stake-driver (n.) 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.
Stakehead (n.) A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar.
Stakeholder (n.) The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
Staktometer (n.) A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette.
Stal (imp.) Stole.
Stalactic (a.) Alt. of Stalactical
Stalactical (a.) Stalactic.
Stalactoform (a.) Like a stalactite; resembling a stalactite.
Stalactites (pl. ) of Stalactite
Stalactite (n.) A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks.
Stalactite (n.) In an extended sense, any mineral or rock of similar form and origin; as, a stalactite of lava.
Stalactites (n.) A stalactite.
Stalactitic (a.) Alt. of Stalactitical
Stalactitical (a.) Of or pertaining to a stalactite; having the form or characters of a stalactite; stalactic.
Stalactitiform (a.) Having the form of a stalactite; stalactiform.
Stalagmite (n.) A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material.
Stalagmitic (a.) Alt. of Stalagmitical
Stalagmitical (a.) Having the form or structure of stalagmites.
Stalder (n.) A wooden frame to set casks on.
Stale (n.) The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.
Stale (v. i.) Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer.
Stale (v. i.) Not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread.
Stale (v. i.) Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed.
Stale (v. i.) Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.
Staled (imp. & p. p.) of Stale
Staling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stale
Stale (v. t.) To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.
Stale (a.) To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle.
Stale (v. i.) That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use.
Stale (v. i.) A prostitute.
Stale (v. i.) Urine, esp. that of beasts.
Stale (v. t.) Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon.
Stale (v. t.) A stalking-horse.
Stale (v. t.) A stalemate.
Stale (v. t.) A laughingstock; a dupe.
Stalely (adv.) In a state stale manner.
Stalely (adv.) Of old; long since.
Stalemate (n.) The position of the king when he can not move without being placed on check and there is no other piece which can be moved.
Stalemate (v. t.) To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand.
Staleness (n.) The quality or state of being stale.
Stalk (n.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
Stalk (n.) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
Stalk (n.) That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.
Stalk (n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
Stalk (n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
Stalk (n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
Stalk (n.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
Stalk (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
Stalk (n.) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
Stalked (imp. & p. p.) of Stalk
Stalking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stalk
Stalk (v. i.) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
Stalk (v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.
Stalk (v. i.) To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.
Stalk (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
Stalk (n.) A high, proud, stately step or walk.
Stalked (a.) Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
Stalker (n.) One who stalks.
Stalker (n.) A kind of fishing net.
Stalk-eyed (a.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans.
Stalking-horse (n.) A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill.
Stalking-horse (n.) Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
Stalkless (a.) Having no stalk.
Stalky (a.) Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk.
Stall (v. i.) A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.
Stall (v. i.) A stable; a place for cattle.
Stall (v. i.) A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
Stall (v. i.) A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
Stall (v. i.) A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.
Stall (v. i.) In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
Stall (v. i.) The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.
Stalled (imp. & p. p.) of Stall
Stalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stall
Stall (v. t.) To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.
Stall (v. t.) To fatten; as, to stall cattle.
Stall (v. t.) To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
Stall (v. t.) To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.
Stall (v. t.) To forestall; to anticipitate. Having
Stall (v. t.) To keep close; to keep secret.
Stall (v. i.) To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.
Stall (v. i.) To kennel, as dogs.
Stall (v. i.) To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
Stall (v. i.) To be tired of eating, as cattle.
Stallage (n.) The right of erecting a stalls in fairs; rent paid for a stall.
Stallage (n.) Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw.
Stallation (n.) Installation.
Stalled (a.) Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted.
Staller (n.) A standard bearer. obtaining
Stall-fed (imp. & p. p.) of Stall-feed
Stall-feeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stall-feed