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staking, vbl. n.|ˈsteɪkɪŋ|
[f. stake v.1 + -ing1.]
a. The action of driving in a stake; the action of piercing with or impaling on a stake. Also N. Amer., the action of stake v.1 1 a.
10..Poenit. Ecgberti iv. 17 in Thorpe Ags. Laws (1840) II. 208 And ᵹif se man for þære stacunge dead biþ þonne fæste he .vii. ᵹear. 1420in For. Acc. 3 Hen. VI. H, In diuersis peciis maeremii et ferri emptis..et expenditis circa stakyng, Pyling et shoyng diuersorum pilorum in portu. 1630S. Lennard tr. Charron's Wisd. i. xlii. (1670) 156 Those tortures of the wheel, and staking of men alive, came from the North. 1664Evelyn Sylva (1679) 12 To leave nothing omitted which may contribute to the stability of our Trans⁓planted Trees, something is to be premis'd concerning their staking. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 7 They will neither require staking nor watering. 1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 637 Very abundant crops of the scarlet runner are obtained without staking. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXX. 137/2 If you coves'll lend me a hand at the ‘staking’, as he termed the fence building. 1952North Star (Yellowknife, N.W. Territory) Nov. 3/2 There, the mineral claims map sheet is completely filled, so far as staking is concerned. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 1/7 At noon on Monday, 100,000 acres of land beyond the geological formation that gave Elliot Lake 13 uranium mines in the 1950s, will be opened to staking. 1979Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. (Advt. Section) 4/3 You will be responsible for the acquisition of uranium mineral properties required through staking, bids,..joint ventures and/or purchase.
†b. A stake. Obs. rare—1.
c1440Pallad. on Husb. iv. 82 A sadder vyne a bigger stake olofte Mot holde; a lighter vyne is with a lesse Stakynge vpholde.
c. Leather-manuf. The action or process of drawing skins over the stake.
1852C. Morfit Tanning & Currying (1853) 411 The tanned skins..are subjected to what is technically termed staking.
d. Comb.: staking-iron, a leather-dresser's stake (Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909); staking jaws, the jaws of a staking-machine; staking-machine, a machine for softening leather by means of a blade drawn backwards and forwards over the skin; staking rush Canad., a rush (rush n.2 4) to stake (mining) claims.
1897C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather xx. (ed. 2) 273 Staking machines... In addition they have two other sets of staking jaws, all different and giving different results. 1953North Star (Yellowknife, N.W. Territory) July 1/1 There are possibilities of an additional poll in the Marion River area, where a staking rush is now under way. 1964North (Ottawa) May–June 14 A miniature ‘staking rush’ to the Pine Point area took place during the following winter. |