Stock

stok, n. something stuck or thrust in: the stem of a tree or plant: the trunk which receives a graft: a post, a log: anything fixed solid and sensele : a stupid person: the crank-shaped handle of a centre-bit: the wood in which the barrel of a firearm is fixed: the cro -piece of timber into which the shank of an anchor is inserted: the part to which others are attached: the original progenitor: family: a fund, capital, shares of a public debt: store: the cattle, horses, and other useful animals kept on a farm: the liquor or broth obtained by boiling meat, the foundation for soup: a stiff band worn as a cravat, often fastened with a buckle at the back: ( pl. ) an instrument in which the legs of offenders were confined: the frame for a ship while building: the public funds.— v.t. to store: to supply: to fill: to supply with domestic animals or stock: to refrain from milking cows for 24 hours or more previous to sale.— adj. kept in stock, standing.— ns. Stock′breed′er , one who raises live-stock; Stock′broker , a broker who deals in stocks or shares; Stock′broking , the busine of a stockbroker; Stock′-dove , the wild pigeon of Europe; Stock′-ep′ithet , any ordinary and conventional epithet; Stock′-exchange′ , the place where stocks are bought and sold: an a ociation of share brokers and dealers; Stock′-farm′er , a farmer who rears live-stock, as cattle, .; Stock′-feed′er , one who feeds or fattens live-stock; Stock′holder , one who holds stocks in the public funds, or in a company; Stock′-in-trade , the whole goods a shopkeeper keeps on sale: a person's mental resources; Stock′-job′ber ; Stock′-job′bery , -job′bing , speculating in stocks; Stock′-list , a list of stocks and current prices regularly i ued; Stock′man , a herdsman who has the charge of stock on a sheep-run in Australia; Stock′-mar′ket , a market for the sale of stocks, the stock-exchange; Stock′-pot , the pot in which the stock for soup is kept; Stock′-rid′er , a herdsman on an Australian station; Stock′-sadd′le , a saddle with heavy tree and iron horn; Stock′-stā′tion , a station where stock and cattle are reared; Stock′-whip , a whip with short handle and long lash for use in herding; Stock′work , a deposit in which the ore is distributed all over it; Stock′yard , a large yard with pens, stables, . where cattle are kept for slaughter, market, .— Take stock , to make an inventory of goods on hand: to make an estimate of; Take stock in , to take a share in, to put confidence in. [A.S. stocc , a stick; Ger. stock .]