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Stockman :: Stockmen (pl. ) of Stockma.

Stock :: Stock (n.) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc..

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..

Gens :: Gens (a.) A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe..

Foreland :: Foreland (n.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.

Stock :: Stock (n.) The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached..

Brail :: Brail (n.) A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.

Clock :: Clock (n.) A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.

Knot :: Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.

Tool-stock :: Tool-stock (n.) The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.

Gillyflower :: Gillyflower (n.) A name given by old writers to the clove pink (Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white..

Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To have habitually in stock for sale.

Tailstock :: Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle..

Whipgraft :: Whipgraft (v. t.) To graft by cutting the scion and stock in a certain manner. See Whip grafting, under Grafting..

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..

Strain :: Strain (n.) Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

Stockdove :: Stockbroker (n.) A broker who deals in stocks.

Bluestocking :: Bluestocking (n.) A literary lady; a female pedant.

Hare''s-foot Fern :: Hare's-foot fern () A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name..

Vacher :: Vacher (n.) A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.

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