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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Stak(e, Staik, v.² [ME and e.m.E. stake (Manning), stayk (1544), MDu. staken; Stak(e n.¹] tr. a. Of land: To mark, delineate with or as with stakes, esp. as an indication of possession. Chiefly in the phr. to stob and stake, see Stob v.² 2. b. To build with or by driving in stakes or piles. —a. c1420 Wynt. vi 935 (W).
That thai wald hald on in that traid To Constantinople, and in that raid Thai wald stake [R. stryk] and thare tak land 1560 Old Dundee II 175.
[They] set to Robert Wedderburn that piece of ground callit Sanct Clement's Kirk and kirkyaird … conteining of breid at all parts and of length as it is staikit presently —b. 1579 Prot. Bk. J. Scott 74b.
To big and staik ane landstaill of tymmer or stane twa … fuittis heicht