Definition of stock

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Stock (v. t.) To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows..

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Blue :: Blue (n.) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
Arrowroot :: Arrowroot (n.) A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma..
Stock :: Stock (n.) The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk..
Untrunked :: Untrunked (a.) Separated from its trunk or stock.
Stockdove :: Stockbroker (n.) A broker who deals in stocks.
Pantaloon :: Pantaloon (n.) A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one..
Stock :: Stock (n.) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil..
Johnson Grass :: "Johnson grass () A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet..
Vacher :: Vacher (n.) A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.
Rudderstock :: Rudderstock (n.) The main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or the like, with the sternpost of a vessel..
Longbow :: Longbow (n.) The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one..
Stock :: Stock (n.) A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock..
Bourse :: Bourse (n.) An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris..
Headstock :: Headstock (n.) The part of a lathe that holds the revolving spindle and its attachments; -- also called poppet head, the opposite corresponding part being called a tailstock..
Tang :: Tang (n.) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock..
Treasure :: Treasure (n.) Wealth accumulated; especially, a stock, or store of money in reserve..
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..
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..
Hosier :: Hosier (n.) One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose..
Stock :: Stock (n.) A race or variety in a species.
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