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Definition of Staking
1. stake [v] - See also: stake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staking
Literary usage of Staking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook on American Mining Law by George Purcell Costigan (1908)
"Prospecting or grub-staking contracts are agreements by which miners, ...
Unless the supplies are furnished, a grub-staking agreement is without ..."
2. Handbook on American Mining Law by George Purcell Costigan (1908)
"Prospecting or grub-staking contract« are agreements by which miners, ...
Unless the supplies are furnished, a grub-staking agreement is without ..."
3. Coffee and India-rubber Culture in Mexico: Preceeded by Geographical and by Matías Romero (1898)
"Object, Advantages, and Time of staking.—The object of staking is to secure ...
The staking of the ground should begin as soon as the burning has been done, ..."
4. Manual by American Railway Engineering Association (1916)
"staking SPIRALS BY OFFSETS. The spiral may be staked by offsets, one-half being
... staking SPIRALS BY DEFLECTIONS. While any length of chord may be used in ..."
5. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"DAMPENING SKINS FOR KNEE staking. In dampening skins for knee staking considerable
... If wet too much, the skins will not be softened in the staking, ..."
6. How to Lay Out a Garden: Intended as a General Guide in Choosing, Forming by Edward Kemp (1860)
"Newly planted trees and large shrubs will sometimes require staking or supporting ;
as, if they can play about in the ground by the action of winds, ..."
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