stockinet (stokinet)

[Adapted from stock inget, IMG:content-2168.png:[blocks in formation] Chapman, Masque of Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn. 2. Something like or suggesting such a covering. (a) The lower part of the leg of a quadruped when of a different color from the rest: as, a horse or cow with white stockings. See cut under gayal . (b) A covering of feathers on the shank of some birds; a legging or leg-muff. Com pare blue - stocking, 2, and see cuts under Eriocnemis, Spa thura, and pouter. Elastic stocking, a stocking of elastic webbing, used for giving uniform pre ure to a limb, as in the treatment of varicose veins. - In one's stockings or stocking-feet, without shoes or slippers: used in statements of stature-measurements: as, he stands six IMG:content-2169.png:[blocks in formation] or busine of dealing in stocks or shares. stock-jobbing (stok'job"ing), n. The busine of dealing in stocks or shares; the purchase and sale of stocks, bonds, etc., as carried on by jobbers who operate on their own account. stockle (stok'les), a. Without a stock: as, stockle anchors; stockle guns. stock-list (stok'list), n. A list, published daily or periodically in connection with a stock-exchange, enumerating the leading stocks dealt in, the prices current, the actual transactions, etc. stockman (stok'man), n.; pl. stockmen (-men). 1. A man who has charge of the stock in an establishment of any kind.-2. A stock-farmer or rancher.-3. A man employed by a stock farmer as a herdsman or the like. [U. S. and Australia.] stock-market (stok'märket), n. 1. A market where stocks are bought and sold; a stock-exchange.-2. The purchase and sale of stocks or shares: as, the stock - market was dull.-3. A cattle-market. stock-morel (stok'mor"el), n. A fungus, Mor chella esculent a. See morel2, Morchella. stock-owl (stok'oul), n. The great eagle-owl of Europe, Bubo ignavus. stock-pot (stok'pot), n. A pot in which so up stock is prepared and kept ready for use. stock-printer (stok'printer), n. An instrument for automatically printing stock quotations transmitted by telegraph; a stock-indicator. stock-pump (stok pump), n. A pump which, by means of levers, is operated by the weight of an animal as it walks on the platform of the pump, seeking water. stock-punished (stok'punisht), a. Punished by being confined in the stocks. Shak., Lear, IMG:content-2170.png:[blocks in formation] T. Roosevelt, The Century, XXXV. 863.