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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Gest :: Gest (n.) A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story.
Flipe :: Flipe (v. t.) To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as a stocking in pulling off or for putting on..
Action :: Action (n.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks..
Nut :: Nut (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place..
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..
Shekel :: Shekel (n.) An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
Stock :: 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..
Overstocking :: Overstocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstoc.
Strenger :: Strene (n.) Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain.
Herd :: Herd (n.) A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle..
Ginger :: Ginger (n.) The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine..
People :: People (v. t.) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
Water :: Water (v. t.) An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or diluted..
Crossbow :: Crossbow (n.) A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock..
Bedstock :: Bedstock (n.) The front or the back part of the frame of a bedstead.
Provision :: Provision (n.) Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural..
Stirpes :: Stirpiculture (n.) The breeding of special stocks or races.
Deal :: Deal (n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
Hosier :: Hosier (n.) One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose..
Orris :: Orris (n.) A plant of the genus Iris (I. Florentina); a kind of flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of violets.
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