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Trail :: Trail (n.) That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun..

Stock :: Stock (n.) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself..

Dead :: Dead (a.) Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade..

Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock..

Overgrassed :: Overgrassed (a.) Overstocked, or overgrown, or covered, with grass..

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..

Approaching :: Approaching (n.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach..

Assessment :: Assessment (n.) An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a call)..

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

Counterstock :: Counterstock (n.) See Counterfoil.

Budding :: Budding (n.) The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.

Teem :: Teem (v. i.) To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound..

Cutting :: Cutting (n.) Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut..

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) A penstock for a water wheel.

Manipulate :: Manipulate (v. t.) To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns..

Stock :: Stock (n.) Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live stock..

Whipstock :: Whipstock (n.) The rod or handle to which the lash of a whip is fastened.

Layer :: Layer (n.) A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation..

Stag :: Stag (n.) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange..

Stag :: Stag (n.) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock..

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