Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 145
Stag (n.) A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.]
Stag (n.) A castrated bull; -- called also {bull stag}, and {bull seg}. See the Note under {Ox}.
Stag (n.) (Stock Exchange) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. [Cant]
Stag (n.) (Stock Exchange) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock. [Cant]
Stag (n.) (Zool.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.]
Stag beetle (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Lucanus and allied genera, especially Lucanus cervus of Europe and Lucanus dama of the United States. The mandibles are large and branched, or forked, whence the name. The larva feeds on the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also horned bug, and horse beetle.
Stag dance, A dance by men only. [Slang, U.S.]
Stag hog (Zool.), The babiroussa.
Stag-horn coral (Zool.), Any one of several species of large branching corals of the genus Madrepora, which somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially Madrepora cervicornis, and Madrepora palmata, of Florida and the West Indies.
Stag-horn fern (Bot.), An Australian and West African fern ({Platycerium alcicorne) having the large fronds branched like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus.
Stag-horn sumac (Bot.), A common American shrub ({Rhus typhina) having densely velvety branchlets. See Sumac.
Stag party, A party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.]
Stag tick (Zool.), A parasitic dipterous insect of the family Hippoboscidae, which lives upon the stag and is usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the European grouse, but in that case has wings.
Stag (v. i.) (Com.) To act as a "stag", or irregular dealer in stocks. [Cant]
Stag (v. t.) To watch; to dog, or keep track of. [Prov. Eng. Or Slag] -- H, Kingsley.
Steg (n.) (Zool.) A gander. [Written also {stag}.] [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Stag (n.) A male deer, especially an adult male red deer [syn: {hart}, {stag}].
Stag (n.) Adult male deer.
Stag (v.) Attend a dance or a party without a female companion.
Stag (v.) Give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: {denounce}, {tell on}, {betray}, {give away}, {rat}, {grass}, {shit}, {shop}, {snitch}, {stag}].
Stag (v.) Watch, observe, or inquire secretly [syn: {spy}, {stag}, {snoop}, {sleuth}].
Stage (n.) A floor or story of a house. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Stage (n.) An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.
Stage (n.) A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging.
Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
Stage (n.) The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.
Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage. -- Pope.
Lo! where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. -- C. Sprague.
Stage (n.) A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or career; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs; as, politicians must live their lives on the public stage.
When we are born, we cry that we are come To this great stage of fools. -- Shak.
Music and ethereal mirth Wherewith the stage of air and earth did ring. -- Miton.
Stage (n.) The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of {Microscope}.
Stage (n.) A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
Stage (n.) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles.
A stage . . . signifies a certain distance on a road. -- Jeffrey.
He traveled by gig, with his wife, his favorite horse performing the journey by easy stages. -- Smiles.
Stage (n.) A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result.
Such a polity is suited only to a particular stage in the progress of society. -- Macaulay.
Stage (n.) A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus. "A parcel sent you by the stage." -- Cowper. [Obsolescent].
I went in the sixpenny stage. -- Swift.
Stage (n.) (Biol.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage.
Stage box, A box close to the stage in a theater.
Stage carriage, A stagecoach.
Stage door, The actors' and workmen's entrance to a theater.
Stage lights, The lights by which the stage in a theater is illuminated.
Stage micrometer, A graduated device applied to the stage of a microscope for measuring the size of an object.
Stage wagon, A wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods.
Stage whisper, A loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater, supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or more of his fellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an aside.
Stage (v. t.) To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly. -- Shak.
Stage (n.) Any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected" [syn: {phase}, {stage}].
Stage (n.) A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" [syn: {degree}, {level}, {stage}, {point}].
Stage (n.) A large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box."
Stage (n.) The theater as a profession (usually `the stage'); "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage."
Stage (n.) A large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles" [syn: {stagecoach}, {stage}].
Stage (n.) A section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" [syn: {stage}, {leg}].
Stage (n.) Any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage" -- Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peaceful negotiations."
Stage (n.) A small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination [syn: {stage}, {microscope stage}].
Stage (v.) Perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'" [syn: {stage}, {present}, {represent}].
Stage (v.) Plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion" [syn: {stage}, {arrange}].
Stagecoach (n.) （美國舊時的）驛馬車，定期公共馬車 [C] A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.
Stagecoach (n.) A large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles" [syn: {stagecoach}, {stage}].
Stagecoach, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000): 455
Housing Units (2000): 162
Land area (2000): 1.137662 sq. miles (2.946532 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.052596 sq. miles (0.136222 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.190258 sq. miles (3.082754 sq. km)
FIPS code: 69932
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.142858 N, 95.711232 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Stagecoach, TX
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Stagecoachmen (n. pl. ) of Stagecoachman.
Stagecoachman (n.) 驛車 [公共馬車] 趕車者 One who drives a stagecoach.
Stagehouse (n.) 驛站；【戲劇】（劇場的）後臺 A house where a stage regularly stops for passengers or a relay of horses.
Stagely (a.) Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Stageplay (n.) A dramatic or theatrical entertainment. -- Dryden.
Stageplayer (n.) An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer.
Stager (n.) 【古】演員 A player. [R.] -- B. Jonson.
Stager (n.) 經驗豐富的人；老手 One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience. "You will find most of the old stagers still stationary there." -- Sir W. Scott.
Stager (n.) A horse used in drawing a stage. [Colloq.]
Stager (n.) Someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed [syn: stage manager, stager].
Stager (n.) An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service [syn: veteran, old-timer, oldtimer, old hand, warhorse, old stager, stager].
Stagery (n.) Exhibition on the stage. [Obs.]
Stage-struck (a.) Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor.
Stage-struck (a.) Infatuated with or enthralled by the theater especially the desire to act.
Stag-evil (n.) (Far.) A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse. -- Crabb.
Stagflation (n.) A period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation).
Stagflation (n.) Persistent inflation combined with stagnant consumer demand and relatively high unemployment.
Staggard (n.) (Zool.) The male red deer when four years old.
Staggered (imp. & p. p.) of Stagger.
Staggering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stagger.
Stagger (v. i.) To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.
Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow. -- Dryden.
Stagger (v. i.) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail. "The enemy staggers." -- Addison.
Stagger (v. i.) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief. -- Rom. iv. 20.
Stagger (v. t.) To cause to reel or totter.
That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire That staggers thus my person. -- Shak.
Stagger (v. t.) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
Whosoever will read the story of this war will find himself much staggered. -- Howell.
Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility. -- Burke.
Stagger (v. t.) To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
Stagger (n.) An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.
Stagger (n.) pl. (Far.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers.
Stagger (n.) pl. Bewilderment; perplexity. [R.] -- Shak.
Stomach staggers (Far.), Distention of the stomach with food or gas, resulting in indigestion, frequently in death.
Stagger (n.) An unsteady uneven gait [syn: lurch, stumble, stagger].
Stagger (v.) Walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen].
Stagger (v.) Walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow" [syn: stagger, flounder].
Stagger (v.) To arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall" [syn: stagger, distribute].
Stagger (v.) Astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake."
Staggerbush (n.) (Bot.) An American shrub ({Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves. -- Gray.
Staggerbush (n.) Deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock [syn: staggerbush, stagger bush, Lyonia mariana].
Staggeringly (adv.) In a staggering manner.
Staggeringly (adv.) Extremely; "he was enormously popular" [syn: enormously, tremendously, hugely, staggeringly].
Staggerwort (n.) (Bot.) A kind of ragwort ({Senecio Jacobaea). Stag-horn coral
Stag-horn coral () Alt. of Stag-horn fern.
Stag-horn fern () See under Stag.
Stag-horned (a.) (Zool.) Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; -- said of certain beetles.
Staghound (n.) (Zool.) A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.
Staghound (n.) A large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound.
Staging (n.) A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
Staging (n.) The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches.
Staging (n.) The production of a drama on the stage [syn: theatrical production, staging].
Staging (n.) A system of scaffolds [syn: scaffolding, staging].
Staging (n.) Travel by stagecoach.
Staging (n.) Getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket.
Staging (n.) [ C ] The performance of a play or show.
// The production is a modern staging of the fairy tale "Cinderella."
Stagirite
(n.) A
native of, or resident in,
Stagnancy (n.) State of being stagnant.
Stagnancy (n.) Inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation [syn: stagnation, stagnancy].
Stagnancy (n.) A state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation" [syn: stagnation, stagnancy, doldrums].
Stagnant (a.) That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins.
Stagnant (a.) Not active or brisk; dull; as, business is stagnant.
That gloomy slumber of the stagnant soul. -- Johnson.
For him a stagnant life was not worth living. -- Palfrey.
Stagnant (a.) Not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water" [syn: dead(a), stagnant].
Stagnant (a.) Not growing or changing; without force or vitality [syn: stagnant, moribund].
Stagnantly (adv.) In a stagnant manner.
Stagnated (imp. & p. p.) of Stagnate.
Stagnating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stagnate.
Stagnate (v. i.) 淤塞；腐敗；沉滯；失去活力 To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.
Stagnate (v. i.) To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates.
Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope. -- Sir W. Scott.
Stagnate (a.) Stagnant. [Obs.] "A stagnate mass of vapors." -- Young.
Stagnate (v. t.) 使淤塞；使沉滯；使蕭條 Stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy."
Stagnate (v.) Cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters."
Stagnate (v.) Cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries."
Stagnate (v.) Be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" [syn: idle, laze, slug, stagnate] [ant: work].
Stagnation (n.) 淤塞；停滯；不景氣 The condition of being stagnant; cessation of flowing or circulation, as of a fluid; the state of being motionless; as, the stagnation of the blood; the stagnation of water or air; the stagnation of vapors.
Stagnation (n.) The cessation of action, or of brisk action; the state of being dull; as, the stagnation of business.
Stagnation (n.) A state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation" [syn: stagnation, stagnancy, doldrums].
Stagnation (n.) Inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation [syn: stagnation, stagnancy].
Stagworm (n.) (Zool.) The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as /strus, or Hypoderma, actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils.
Stahlian (a.) Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician and chemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston.
Stahlian (n.) A believer in, or advocate of, Stahlism. Stahlism
Stahlism (n.) Alt. of Stahlianism.
Stahlianism (n.) The Stahlian theoru, that every vital action is function or operation of the soul.
Compare: Stail
Stail (n.) A handle, as of a mop; a stale. [Eng.]
Staid () imp. & p. p. of Stay.
Staid (a.) 沉著的；穩重的；端莊的；不變的，固定的 Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, or fanciful. "Sober and staid persons." -- Addison.
O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue. -- Milton.
Syn: Sober; grave; steady; steadfast; composed; regular; sedate.
Staid (a.) Characterized by dignity and propriety [syn: sedate, staid].
Staidly (adv.) In a staid manner, sedately.
Compare: Sedate
Sedate (a.) 沉著的；安靜的；平靜的；嚴肅的 Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.
Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth. -- I. Watts.
Whatsoever we feel and know Too sedate for outward show. -- Wordsworth.
Syn: Settled; composed; calm; quiet; tranquil; still; serene; unruffled; undisturbed; contemplative; sober; serious. -- Se*date"ly, adv. -- Se*date"ness, n.
Compare: Sedately
Sedately (adv.) 鎮靜地；安詳地 in a sedate manner [syn: sedately, calmly].
Staidly (adv.) In a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly].
Staidness (n.) The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or levity.
If sometimes he appears too gay, yet a secret gracefulness of youth accompanies his writings, though the staidness and sobriety of age be wanting. -- Dryden.
Syn: Sobriety; gravity; steadiness; regularity; constancy; firmness; stability; sedateness.
Staidness (n.) A trait of dignified seriousness [syn: sedateness, staidness, solemnity, solemness].
Stail (n.) A handle, as of a mop; a stale. [Eng.]
Stain (v. i.) To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.
Stained (imp. & p. p.) of Stain.
Staining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stain.
Stain (v. t.) To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.
Stain (v. t.) To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass.
Stain (v. t.) To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.
Of honor void, Of innocence, of faith, of purity, Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained. -- Milton.
Stain (v. t.) To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
She stains the ripest virgins of her age. -- Beau. & Fl.
That did all other beasts in beauty stain. -- Spenser.
Stained glass, Glass colored or stained by certain metallic pigments fused into its substance, -- often used for making ornamental windows.
Syn: To paint; dye; blot; soil; sully; discolor; disgrace; taint.
Usage: Paint, Stain, Dye. These denote three different processes; the first mechanical, the other two, chiefly chemical. To paint a thing is to spread a coat of coloring matter over it; to stain or dye a thing is to impart color to its substance. To stain is said chiefly of solids, as wood, glass, paper; to dye, of fibrous substances, textile fabrics, etc.; the one, commonly, a simple process, as applying a wash; the other more complex, as fixing colors by mordants.
Stain (n.) A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth. -- Shak.
Stain (n.) A natural spot of a color different from the gound.
Swift trouts, diversified with crimson stains. -- Pope.
Stain (n.) Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
Nor death itself can wholly wash their stains. -- Dryden.
Our opinion . . . is, I trust, without any blemish or stain of heresy. -- Hooker.
Stain (n.) Cause of reproach; shame. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Stain (n.) A tincture; a tinge. [R.]
You have some stain of soldier in you. -- Shak.
Syn: Blot; spot; taint; pollution; blemish; tarnish; color; disgrace; infamy; shame.
Stain (n.) A soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain" [syn: stain, discoloration, discolouration].
Stain (n.) (Microscopy) A dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible.
Stain (n.) The state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge].
Stain (n.) A symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain" -- Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand, stain].
Stain (n.) An act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain].
Stain (v.) Color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages."
Stain (v.) Produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth."
Stain (v.) Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile].
Stain (v.) Color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen."
Stainer (n.) 著色工人；著色液 One who stains or tarnishes.
Stainer (n.) A workman who stains; as, a stainer of wood.
Stainer (n.) A worker who stains (wood or fabric).
Stainless (a.) Free from stain; immaculate. -- Shak.
The very care he took to keep his name Stainless, with some was evidence of shame. -- Crabbe.
Syn: Blameless; spotless; faultless. See Blameless.
Stainless (a.) (Of reputation) free from blemishes; "his unsullied name"; "an untarnished reputation" [syn: stainless, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished].
Stainless (n.) Steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion [syn: stainless steel, stainless, chromium steel].
Stainlessly (adv.) In a stainless manner.
Stair (n.) One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.
Stair (n.) A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only. "I a winding stair found." -- Chaucer's Dream.
Below stairs, In the basement or lower part of a house, where the servants are.
Flight of stairs, The stairs which make the whole ascent of a story.
Pair of stairs, A set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n., 1.
Run of stairs (Arch.), A single set of stairs, or section of a stairway, from one platform to the next.
Stair rod, A rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair carpet to its place.
Up stairs. See Upstairs in the Vocabulary.
Stair (n.) Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step" [syn: step, stair].
Staircase (n.) A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc.
To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of architecture. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Staircase shell. (Zool.) (a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap.
Staircase shell. (Zool.) (b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.
Staircase (n.) A way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps [syn: stairway, staircase].
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Stairhead (n.) 樓梯頂口 The head or top of a staircase.
Stairhead (n.) Platform at the top of a staircase.
Stairway (n.) 樓梯，階梯 [C] A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase. "A rude and narrow stairway." -- Moore.
Stairway (n.) A way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps [syn: stairway, staircase].
Staith (n.) A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels. [Eng.]
Staithman (n.) A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith. [Eng.]
Stake (v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.
A sharpened stake strong Dryas found. -- Dryden.