Definition of stock

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Stock (n.) The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.

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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..
Unstock :: Unstock (v. t.) To remove from the stocks, as a ship..
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of..
Sufficiency :: Sufficiency (n.) Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
Varicose :: Varicose (a.) Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like..
Overstore :: Overstore (v. t.) To overstock.
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..
Stock :: Stock (n.) Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua)..
Increase :: Increase (v. i.) That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.
Counterfoil :: Counterfoil (n.) That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also counterstock..
Stockwork :: Stock-still (a.) Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still..
Stock :: Stock (n.) Same as Stock account, below..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock..
Stale :: Stale (n.) The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake..
Senegin :: Senegin (n.) A substance extracted from the rootstock of the Polygala Senega (Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic acid..
Gunstock :: Gunstock (n.) The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened.
Summer-fallow :: Summer (v. t.) To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock..
Listing :: Listing (n.) The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb); as, the listing of a door; the listing of a stock at the Stock Exchange..
Stocky :: Stocky (a.) Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent.
Mockingstock :: Mockingstock (n.) A butt of sport; an object of derision.
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