stob (stob)

[A var. of stub.] 1. A small post. 2. A thorn; spine. Hall i well.-3. A long steel wedge used for bringing down coal after holing. Gresley. [Prov. Eng. in all uses.] stoblet, n. A Middle English form of stubble. stocaht (stō'kä), n. [Early mod. E. also sto kaghe; The strength of all that nation is the Kearne, Gallogla e, Stokaghe , Horsemen, and Horseboyes. Spenser, State of Ireland. stoccadet (sto-kād'), n. [Also stock a do , stoccado . and stoccata , after Sp. or It.; estocada , a thrust, pa , (It. stoccata, a thrust with a weapon, stoccare , stock , a stick, staff, stock, = MD. stock , a stock-rapier, etc.: see stock1 . Cf. stockade .] 1. A thrust with a sword, one of the movements taught by the early fencing-masters, as in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Your punto, your reverso, your stoccata , your imbrocata. your pa ada, your montanto. B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, iv. 5 2. See stockade . This firste stok was ful of rightwisne e, Trewe of his word, sobre, pitous, and free. Brave soldier, yield, thou stock of arms and honour. Fletcher, Bonduc a, v. 5. stochastict (stō-kas'tik), a. [ stock of Abraham. They all went downward, fleetly and gaily downward, and only he, it seemed, remained behind, like a stock upon R. L. Stevens on, Will o' the Mill. the wayside. 2. A wooden block; a block; a log; hence, something lifele and sensele . He swore hire yis, by stokkes and by stones, And by the goddes that in hevene dwelle. There was an exe, and a stoke , and oon of the lewdeste of the shippe badde hym ley down his hedde, and he should be fair ferd wyth, and dye on a swerd. Paston Letters , I. 125. More than dead stocks would startle at such beauty. Chapman , Blind Beggar of Alexandria. And those made thee forsake thy God, And worship stocks and stones. 3. A person who is as dull and sensele as a block or a log. Let's be no stoics nor no stocks . Shak ., T. of the S., i. 1. 31. Such a stock of a child, such a statue! Why, he has no kind of feeling either of body or mind. Brooke , Fool of Quality, iii. IMG:content-2159.png:[blocks in formation] What things are these! I shall marry into a fine stock ! Brome , Northern La , ii. 2. In his actions and sentiments he belied not the stock to which he pretended. Lamb , Two Races of Men. They sprang from different stocks . They spoke differ- ent languages. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. 9. The principal supporting or holding part; the part in which other parts are inserted, or to which they are attached in order to furnish a firm support or hold. Specifically-(a) The wooden support to which the barrel and lock of a rifle or like fire- arm are attached, or upon which the bow of the cro bow is mounted. See cuts under gun and gun - carriage . (b) The handle by which a boring-bit is held and turned; a bit- stock; a brace. See cut under brace. (c) The block of wood which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the cutting iron is fitted. See cuts under plane , rounding- plane , and router . (d) The support of the block on which an anvil is fitted, or of the anvil itself. (e) The cro piece of an anchor, perpendicular to the shank, formerly of wood, when the shank was pa ed through a hole cut in the stock, or the latter was made in two parts joggled to re- ceive the shank: now usually of iron, in which case the stock slips through a hole made in the shank. See cut un- der anchor . (f) An adjustable wrench for holding screw- cutting dies. (g) That part of a plow to which the handles, irons, etc., are attached. (b) A beater, as used in a fulling mill, in the manufacture of chamois-leather, etc. (1) An arm of a bevel-gage or of a square. (1) The wooden frame in which the wheel and post of a spinning-wheel are sup- ported. 10. A stiff band of horsehair, leather, or the like, covered with black sat- in, cambric, or similar mater i- al, and made to imitate and re- place the cravat or neckband: formerly worn by men general- ly, and, in some forms, still in military use. It was sometimes fastened behind with a buckle, which was often an ornamental object. A shining stock of black leather supporting his chin. Irving , Knickerbocker, p. 321. He wore a magnificent stock , with a liberal kind of knot in the front; in this he stuck a great pin. W. Besant, Fifty Years Ago, p. 98. 11. The front part, especially the front side- piece, of a bed. [Scotch.] I winna lie in your bed, Either at stock or wa'. Capt. Wedder burn's Courtship (Child's Ballads, VIII. 12). 12. pl . An apparatus for the confinement of vagrants and petty offenders, formerly in use in different parts of Europe, and retained until recently in country villages in England. It con- sisted of two heavy timbers, one of which could be raised, and when lowered was held in place by a padlock or the like; notches in these timbers, forming round holes when the upper timber was shut down in place, held firmly the legs of those upon whom this punishment was inflicted; in some cases a second row of openings could be used to re- tain the hands, and even the neck, also. Compare pillory . This yere was ordeyned in euery warde [of London] a peyr stock is . Arnold's Chronicle, p. xxxvi. Mars got drunk in the town, and broke his landlord's head, for which he sat in the stocks the whole evening. Steele, Tatler, No. 4. 13. The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building; hence, generally, on the stocks, 18. Hoard or accumulation; store; supply; fund which may be drawn upon as occasion demands: as, to lay in a stock of provisions; a stock of information. Though all my stock of tears were spent already Upon Pisano's lo . IMG:content-2160.jpg:[graphic] A great stock of parliamentary knowledge. 19t. Share; portion. Whilst we, like younger Brothers, get at best But a small stock , and must work out the rest. Stilling fleet , Sermons, III. i. 201. Ground; reason; evidence; proof. He pities our infirmities, and strikes off much of the account upon that stock . Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), Ι. 914. 21. The part of a pack of cards which in cer- tain games is not dealt out, but left on the table, to be drawn from as occasion requires. Nay, then, I must buy the stock ; send me good carding! I hope the prince's hand be not in this sport. Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, iv. 1. 22. In agri.: (a) The horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals raised or kept on a farm or ranch: distinctively known as live stock : as, a farmer's land and stock . The term is extended to any animals, as fish or oysters, artificially propagated. IMG:content-2161.jpg:[graphic] stock Brandy was produced, pipes lighted, and conversation returned to the grand staple Australian subject - stock. A. C. Grant, Bush Life in Queensland, I. 141. (b) The implements of husbandry stored for use. Also called dead stock.-23. The raw material from which anything is made; stuff; material: as, paper- stock (rags, fiber, wood-pulp, etc.); soap- stock. In its natural state, fat of animals is always a ociated with cellular ti ue and other foreign matters, which must be separated before it can be used as candle stock . Workshop Receipts , 1st ser., p. 350. 24. The liquor or broth prepared by boiling meat, with or without vegetables, etc., so as to extract the nutritious properties, and used as a foundation for different kinds of soup. Also called soup - stock.-25. A good kind of red and gray brick, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.-26. A name of several cruciferous garden-flowers. (a) One of several species of Matthiola, or sometimes the species in general: originally stock - gillyflower. (b) By extension, the somewhat similar Malcolmia maritima, the Mahon stock, a low diffuse annual, in England called Virginia or virgin stock, though from the shores of the Mediterranean. The name has been applied also to the genus Helio phil a. 271. A covering for the leg; a stocking. Compare nether - stocks. A linen stock on one leg, and a kersey boot-hose on the Shak., T. of the S., iii. 2. 67. other. 28. In her., the stump of a tree used as a bearing: represented as cut square on top and eradicated-that is, torn up by the roots with at least the main roots indicated.-29. (a) The pillar or post on which the holy-water ve el was fixed. E. Peacock. Hence-(b) A holy water ve el, or aspersorium. Item. oone holly water stocke of gla e with a bayle. Inventory 34, Henry VIII. 30. The proceeds of the sale of the catch of a fishing-trip; the net value of a cargo of fish. [New Eng.]-31. pl. A frame in which a horse or other animal can be secured or slung for shoeing or for a veterinary operation.-32. In mining, sometimes used as the equivalent of the German stock (plural stöcke ), especially in translating from that language. A "stock" is a ma of ore of irregular form, but usually thick in proportion to its other dimensions, and not having the characters of a true vein, but belonging more properly to the cla of segregated veins or ma es. Some "stöcke" resemble very nearly the "carbon as" of the Cornish miner; others are akin to the "flats" of the north of England. 33. In early forms of feudalism, commendation. See to accept stock, below. -34. In zoöl., a compound, colonial, or aggregate organism; an aggregate of persons forming one organic whole, which may grow by budding or cast off parts to start a new set of persons: as, a polyp- stock. A polypidom, a polyzoary, a chain of salps or doliolids, etc., are examples. Haeckel extends stock in this sense to the broader biological conception which includes those plants that propagate by buds or shoots. See tectology. - Dead stock. See def. 22.-Drop of stock. See drop. - Fancy stocks. See fancy. - Holya holy water; a holy-water stoup. 5956 give stock, the act of a person in becoming the va al of a lord. To have on the stocks, to have in hand; be at work upon. To take stock. (a) Same as to accept stock. (b) In com., to make an inventory of stock or goods on hand; hence, with of, to make an estimate of; set a value upon; investigate for the purpose of forming an opinion; loosely, to notice. ... In taking stock of his familiarly worn nautical clothes, piece by piece, she took stock of a formidable knife in a sheath at his waist, and of a whistle hanging round his neck, and of a short jagged knotted club. Dickens , Our Mutual Friend, ii. 12. To take stock in. (a) To take a share or shares in; take or have an interest in. Hence-(b) To repose confidence in; believe in: as, to take little stock in one's stories. [Colloq.] Captain Polly gives the right hand of fellowship to two boys in whom nobody else is willing to take stock, and her faith in them saves them. Harper's Mag ., Oct., 1889, Literary Notes. To water stocks. See water, v. t. II. a. Kept in stock; ready for service at all times; habitually produced or used; standing; as, a stock play; a stock anecdote; a stock ser mon. Dickens , Sketches, Tales, x. 2. The old stock -oaths, I am confident, do not amount to above forty-five, or fifty at most. Swift , Polite Conversation, Int. The master of the house, who was burning to tell one of his seven stock stories. stock1 (stok), v. [ stocken , stokken = MD. MHG. stocken, G. stöcken , put in the stocks; from the noun: see stock1 , n.] I. trans. 1. To provide with a stock, handle, or the like: as, to stock a gun or an anchor. They can mend and new stock their pieces, as well, almost, as an English man. Gov. Bradford, in App. to New England's Memorial, p. 456. 2. To fasten, bolt, or bar, as a door or window. [Old and prov. Eng.] Oftyn tymes the dure is stokked , and we parsons & vicars cannot get brede, wyne, nor water. Fabric Rolls of York Minster (1519), p. 268. ( E. Peacock .) stocker amount of the original stock with accumulations, and on the other the amount of what has been disposed of.