Definition of stock

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Stock (n.) A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock..

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Interbreed :: Interbreed (v. t. & i.) To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.
Nut :: Nut (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place..
Hydrastine :: Hydrastine (n.) An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of the golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. It is used as a tonic and febrifuge..
Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree..
Unstock :: Unstock (v. t.) To deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose from that which fixes, or holds fast..
Divide :: Divide (v. t.) To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share..
Stockdove :: Stockbroker (n.) A broker who deals in stocks.
Morinda :: Morinda (n.) A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks..
Stock :: Stock (n.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.
Overgrassed :: Overgrassed (a.) Overstocked, or overgrown, or covered, with grass..
Unstockinged :: Unstockinged (a.) Deprived of stockings.
Inflater :: Inflater (n.) One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange..
Overstock :: Overstock (n.) Stock in excess.
Boom :: Boom (n.) A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee..
Yew :: Yew (a.) Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock..
Headstock :: Headstock (n.) The part of a planing machine that supports the cutter, etc..
Barometz :: Barometz (n.) The woolly-skinned rhizoma or rootstock of a fern (Dicksonia barometz), which, when specially prepared and inverted, somewhat resembles a lamb; -- called also Scythian lamb..
Shekel :: Shekel (n.) An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
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..
Split :: Split (n.) the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split..
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