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stake (off)

• 1a v. Mining mark or indicate the boundaries of (a claim) with stakes.

  See also: staking (def. 2)  

• 1b v. Lumbering lay claim to a timber berth by marking out its boundaries with stakes prior to registering the claim.

• 2 v. provide with a grubstake.

  See also: grubstake ((v.)) (def. 1c)