Definition of stock

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Stock (n.) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil..

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Widen :: Widen (v. t.) To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking..
Displenish :: Displenish (v. t.) To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock..
Rente :: Rente (n.) In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc., which represent government indebtedness..
Pair :: Pair (n.) Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes..
Choker :: Choker (n.) A stiff wide cravat; a stock.
Branch :: Branch (a.) Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store..
Stock-blind :: Stockade (v. t.) To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade..
Gens :: Gens (a.) A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe..
Operator :: Operator (n.) A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator.
Stock :: Stock (n.) A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock..
Contributory :: Contributory (a.) Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive..
Stockade :: Stock (a.) Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock sermon..
Messiad :: Messiad (n.) A German epic poem on the Messiah, by Klopstock..
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market..
Laughingstock :: Laughingstock (n.) An object of ridicule; a butt of sport.
Tuber :: Tuber (n.) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous..
Muscadine :: Muscadine (n.) A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine..
Stirps :: Stirps (n.) Stock; race; family.
Pah :: Pah (n.) A kind of stockaded intrenchment.
Drillstock :: Drillstock (n.) A contrivance for holding and turning a drill.
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