Definition of stock

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Stock (n.) A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock..

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Pumpkin :: Pumpkin (n.) A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion..
Thoroughbred :: Thoroughbred (a.) Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like..
Stockaded :: Stockade (v. t.) An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the falls; stocks fell two points..
Bank :: Bank (n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
Stock :: Stock (n.) A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
Foot :: Foot (n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock..
Ridicule :: Ridicule (n.) An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market..
Bedstock :: Bedstock (n.) The front or the back part of the frame of a bedstead.
Contribute :: Contribute (v. i.) To give a part to a common stock; to lend assistance or aid, or give something, to a common purpose; to have a share in any act or effect..
Crossbreed :: Crossbreed (n.) A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualities of two parent varieties or stocks..
Cohosh :: Cohosh (n.) A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Actaea, plants of the Crowfoot family..
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of..
Stirpiculture :: Stirp (n.) Stock; race; family.
Cassava :: Cassava (n.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc..
Increase :: Increase (v. i.) That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
Handle :: Handle (v. t.) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock..
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