stakingn.
/ˈsteɪkɪŋ/ a. The action of driving in a stake; the action of piercing with or impaling on a stake. Also North American, the action of stake v.1 1a.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > constructing or enclosing with fences
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > staking claims
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > forming or marking boundary > with stakes
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10.. Confess. Ecgberti iv. 17 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 208 And gif se man for þære stacunge dead biþ þonne fæste he .vii. gear.
1420 in For. Acc. 3 Hen. VI. H In diuersis peciis maeremii et ferri emptis..et expenditis circa stakyng, Pyling et shoyng diuersorum pilorum in portu.
?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. xlii. 166 Those tortures of the wheele, and staking of men aliue, came from the North.
1664 J. Evelyn 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.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 7 They will neither require staking nor watering.
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 637 Very abundant crops of the scarlet runner are obtained without staking.
1897 Outing 30 137/2 If you coves'll lend me a hand at the ‘staking’, as he termed the fence building.
1952 North Star (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Nov. 3/2 There, the mineral claims map sheet is completely filled, so far as staking is concerned.
1968 Globe & 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.
1979 Arizona 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.
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c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 82 A sadder vyne a bigger stake olofte Mot holde; a lighter vyne is with a lesse Stakynge vpholde.
c. Leather Manufacturing. The action or process of drawing skins over the stake.
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1852 C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 411 The tanned skins..are subjected to what is technically termed staking.
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staking-iron n. a leather-dresser's stake ( Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909).
staking jaws n. the jaws of a staking-machine.
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1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) xx. 273 Staking machines... In addition they have two other sets of staking jaws, all different and giving different results.
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staking-machine n. a machine for softening leather by means of a blade drawn backwards and forwards over the skin.
staking rush n. Canadian a rush (rush n.2 4) to stake (mining) claims.
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1953 North Star (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) July 1/1 There are possibilities of an additional poll in the Marion River area, where a staking rush is now under way.
1964 North (Ottawa) May–June 14 A miniature ‘staking rush’ to the Pine Point area took place during the following winter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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ˈstaking n. (one's) fill.
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a1595 Descr. Isles Scotl. in W. Skene Celtic Scotl. (1880) III. App. iii. 431 [They] saltis na fisches, but eittis thair staiking and castis the rest on the land.
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