Definition of stock

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Stock (n.) The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family..

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Stockaded :: Stockade (v. t.) An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes..
Flesh :: Flesh (n.) Kindred; stock; race.
Nut :: Nut (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place..
Inventory :: Inventory (n.) An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth; specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any business..
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..
Brood :: Brood (a.) Kept for breeding from; as, a brood mare; brood stock; having young; as, a brood sow..
Frame :: Frame (n.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc..
Plenishing :: Plenishing (n.) Household furniture; stock.
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..
Whipstock :: Whipstock (n.) The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.
Stock :: Stock (n.) Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua)..
Assessment :: Assessment (n.) An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a call)..
Overstocked :: Overstocked (imp. & p. p.) of Overstoc.
Quill :: Quill (n.) One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather..
Muscadine :: Muscadine (n.) A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock..
Provision :: Provision (n.) Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural..
Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative..
Overstocking :: Overstocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstoc.
Tithe :: Tithe (n.) A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges..
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