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Gunstock :: Gunstock (n.) The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened.

Stock :: Stock (n.) The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk..

Stockwork :: Stock-still (a.) Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still..

Stock :: Stock (n.) Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense..

Deal :: Deal (n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.

Overstocking :: Overstocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstoc.

Stockade :: Stockade (v. t.) A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification..

Gest :: Gest (n.) A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story.

Stock-blind :: Stockade (v. t.) To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade..

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..

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..

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..

Offspring :: Offspring (n.sing. & pl.) That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock..

Jest :: Jest (v. i.) The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.

Johnson Grass :: "Johnson grass () A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet..

Sow :: Sow (v. t.) To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle..

Stodgy :: Stocky (a.) Headstrong.

Tous-les-mois :: Tous-les-mois (n.) A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year..

Stem :: Stem (n.) The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.

Stocky :: Stocky (a.) Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent.

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