Definition of stock

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Stock (n.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.

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Stale :: Stale (n.) The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake..
Bluestocking :: Bluestocking (n.) A literary lady; a female pedant.
Agiotage :: Agiotage (n.) Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds..
Trail :: Trail (n.) That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun..
Arrowroot :: Arrowroot (n.) A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma..
Mestizo :: Mestizo (n.) The offspring of an Indian or a negro and a European or person of European stock.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock..
Spread :: Spread (n.) A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon..
Holethnos :: Holethnos (n.) A parent stock or race of people, not yet divided into separate branches or tribes..
Drillstock :: Drillstock (n.) A contrivance for holding and turning a drill.
Varicose :: Varicose (a.) Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like..
Scion :: Scion (n.) Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal stock..
Put :: Put (n.) A privilege which one party buys of another to put (deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc., at a certain price and date..
Bedstock :: Bedstock (n.) The front or the back part of the frame of a bedstead.
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..
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..
Cross :: Cross (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind..
Imburse :: Imburse (v. t.) To supply or stock with money.
Bluestocking :: Bluestocking (n.) The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana).
Agriculture :: Agriculture (n.) The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming..
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