The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
A territorialdivision comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
From Middle English stake, from Old English staca, from Proto-Germanic *stakô, from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg-. Cognate with Scots stak, staik, Saterland Frisian Stak, West Frisian staak, Dutch staak, Low German Stake, Norwegian stake.
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