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1.
stāking(e
ger.
Additional spellings:
stakinge
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The driving of stakes; (b) an enclosure of stakes set in water for the catching of fish [some occurrences may be place names]; (c) a stake used to support a plant; (d)
fig.
anguish, torment [cp.
s
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talī̆inge
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The reckoning of accounts; the keeping of a financial record on a tally stick.
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