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A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits.

der pumper. (Zoöl.) (a) The croaker (Haploidontus grunniens). (b) The American bittern or stake-driver. -- Thunder rod, a lightning rod. [R.] -- Thunder snake. (Zoöl.) (a) The chicken, or milk, snake. (b) A small reddish ground snake (Carphophis, or Celuta, amoena) native to the Eastern United States; -- called also w…

lty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail. "Till his tongue trip." Locke. A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding; there is no remedy, but it must trip and stumble. South. Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but…

or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes.

A stake; a small post. [Obs.]

To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake. South.

Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God. Hissing in air the unerring weapon flew. Dryden.

Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business.

Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.

To take the spars, stakes, or bars from. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade. My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. Shak. At a venture, at hazard; without seeing the end or mark; without foreseeing the issue; at random. A certain man drew a bow at a venture. 1 Kings xxii. 34. A bargain at a venture made. H…

To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie. [Obs.]

state one's views of the policy which ought to be pursued. To give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty. Locke.

To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar. Hakluyt. My life I never but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies. Shak.

deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. Besides these plates for horse races, the wagers may be as the persons please. Sir W. Temple. If any atheist can stake his soul for a wager against such an inexhaustible disproportion, let him never hereafter accu…

A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.

happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered. It was well with us in Egypt. Num. xi. 18.

r designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.

To bind or fasten with withes. You shall see him withed, and haltered, and staked, and baited to death. Bp. Hall.

Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.