(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……

(a) Choking, strangulation, suffocation; also, killing someone by choking [1st quot.]; strangling of the matris, an ailment attributed to the rising of the uterus, with compression of the heart and……

?The act or practice of changing (sth. into sth. else), turning (wrong into right). …

The reckoning of accounts; the keeping of a financial record on a tally stick. …

Evaporating, evaporation. …

The time of year when grapes are gathered for making wine, the beginning of the wine-making period. …