Definition of stock

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Stock (n.) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage..

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Over :: Over (adv.) From beginning to end; throughout the course, extent, or expanse of anything; as, to look over accounts, or a stock of goods; a dress covered over with jewels..
Provine :: Provine (v. t.) To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.
Penstock :: Penstock (n.) The barrel of a wooden pump.
Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative..
Day Lily :: Day lily () A genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers..
Stock :: Stock (n.) Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings..
Veratralbine :: Veratralbine (n.) A yellowish amorphous alkaloid extracted from the rootstock of Veratrum album.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached..
Stock :: Stock (n.) Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions..
Fund :: Fund (n.) A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc..
Native :: Native (n.) Any of the live stock found in a region, as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct imported breeds..
Hybridize :: Hybridize (v. t.) To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks.
Barefoot :: Barefoot (a. & adv.) With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.
Song :: Song (n.) An object of derision; a laughingstock.
Job :: Job (v. i.) To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.
Stodgy :: Stocky (a.) Headstrong.
Eugenics :: Eugenics (n.) The science of improving stock, whether human or animal..
Hybridizable :: Hybridizable (a.) Capable of forming a hybrid, or of being subjected to a hybridizing process; capable of producing a hybrid by union with another species or stock..
Assessment :: Assessment (n.) An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a call)..
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