Definition of stock

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Stock (n.) A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment..

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Teem :: Teem (v. i.) To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A penstock for a water wheel.
Summer-fallow :: Summer (v. t.) To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock..
Stock :: 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..
Spectacle :: Spectacle (n.) Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock..
Graft :: Graft (n.) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon..
Garter :: Garter (n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
Rootstock :: Rootstock (n.) A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome..
Plane :: Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc..
Scrub :: Scrub (n.) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc..
Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
Dealer :: Dealer (n.) One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer..
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..
Cassava :: Cassava (n.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc..
Strenger :: Strene (n.) Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain.
Leg :: Leg (n.) The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers..
Sock :: Sock (n.) A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.
Fort :: Fort (n.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification..
Generation :: Generation (n.) Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
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