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Stock :: Stock (v. t.) To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows..

Realize :: Realize (v. i.) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc..

Company :: Company (n.) An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company..

Peach :: Peach (n.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree which bears it (Prunus, / Amygdalus Persica). In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible..

Mahon Stock :: Mahon stock () An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England Virginia stock, but the plant comes from the Mediterranean..

Rhizanthous :: Rhizanthous (a.) Producing flowers from a rootstock, or apparently from a root..

Ravel :: Ravel (v. t.) To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking..

Ramification :: Ramification (n.) A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve..

Gimlet :: Gimlet (v. t.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet..

Quotation :: Quotation (n.) The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named..

Imburse :: Imburse (v. t.) To supply or stock with money.

Crannoge :: Crannoge (n.) One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also Lake dwellings, under Lake..

Cross :: Cross (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind..

Lipans :: Lipans (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians, inhabiting the northern part of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches..

Increase :: Increase (v. i.) That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.

Slip :: Slip (n.) A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine..

Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance..

Brace :: Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock..

Stock :: Stock (n.) Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also the public funds; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; -- so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called stocks, and the former

Stock :: Stock (n.) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage..

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