Definition of stock

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Stock (v. t.) To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass..

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Cold-blooded :: Cold-blooded (a.) Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country..
Stock :: Stock (v. t.) To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows..
Seminary :: Seminary (n.) Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced..
Foot :: Foot (v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking..
Titling :: Titling (n.) Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.
Stockdove :: Stockbroker (n.) A broker who deals in stocks.
Metayer :: Metayer (a.) One who cultivates land for a share (usually one half) of its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord..
Stock :: Stock (n.) Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions..
Capital :: Capital (n.) Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a..
Stockholder :: Stockfish (n.) Young fresh cod.
Crossbow :: Crossbow (n.) A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock..
Nut :: Nut (n.) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place..
Pair :: Pair (n.) Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes..
Run :: Run (n.) A range or extent of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run..
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..
Stalely :: Stale (v. t.) A laughingstock; a dupe.
Crannoge :: Crannoge (n.) One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also Lake dwellings, under Lake..
Insert :: Insert (v. t.) To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper..
Barefoot :: Barefoot (a. & adv.) With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.
Basbleu :: Basbleu (n.) A bluestocking; a literary woman.
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