Definition of stock

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Stock (n.) A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment..

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Hare''s-foot Fern :: Hare's-foot fern () A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock; -- whence the name..
Overtrade :: Overtrade (v. i.) To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market.
Stock :: Stock (v. t.) To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like..
Lunette :: Lunette (n.) An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The beater of a fulling mill.
Overstore :: Overstore (v. t.) To overstock.
Footglove :: Footglove (n.) A kind of stocking.
Rhizomatous :: Rhizomatous (a.) Having the nature or habit of a rhizome or rootstock.
Budget :: Budget (n.) A bag or sack with its contents; hence, a stock or store; an accumulation; as, a budget of inventions..
Stirps :: Stirps (n.) Stock; race; family.
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..
Spectacle :: Spectacle (n.) Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show; a pageant; a gazingstock..
Yew :: Yew (n.) The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain..
Overstock :: Overstock (v. t.) To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle..
Launch :: Launch (n.) The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built..
Cross :: Cross (n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind..
Half-blooded :: Half-blooded (a.) Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep..
Unstock :: Unstock (v. t.) To deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose from that which fixes, or holds fast..
Bluestockingism :: Bluestockingism (n.) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
Pointingstock :: Pointingstock (n.) An object of ridicule or scorn; a laughingstock.
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