(a) A piece of wood, a cutting from a tree; the limb of a tree; fig. a dull person [cp. MnE idiom 'a dull stick']; drien the stake, ?to take an irrevocable action; (b) a splinter; a thorn; also fig.……

(a) A pile, heap, stack; a stack of hay, grain, wood, etc.; also fig.; -- presumably sometimes used as a measure [e.g., quots. 1370, 1391, 1440 Invent.]; as a stak, in a heap; in stak, stacked; (b) in……

(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……