Stock

stok, n. The stem or main body of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the stem or firm branch in which a graft is inserted; something fixed, solid, and sensele ; a post; one as dull and lifele as a post; the principal supporting part; part in which others are inserted, or to which they are at the tached; the wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of of afire-arm arc secured; a long, rectangular piece of t. wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage; the wooden handle or contrivance by which bits ' are held in boring; a brace; Bit-stock. block of wood which constitutes the body of a plane; the cro -bar at the upper end of the shank of an anchor, which cants the anchor fluke down; block in which an anvil is fixed; an adjustable handle for holding dies for cutting To screws; the original progenitor, also, the race or line of a family; lineaire; family; money invested in busine ; capital of a bank or other company; money funded in government securities; pi. property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, to or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt. (Book-keeping.) The account which is debited with all the sums contributed or added to the capital of the concern, and credited with whatever is at any time withdrawn. Supply provided; store; goods regularly on hand; whole amount of goods on hand; raw material. (Agric.) Domestic animals or beasts collected, used, or raised on a farm. A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the nee k. pi. A frame, with holes in which the feet or the feet and hands of criminals were confined, pi. The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building. (Bot.) A flowering, cruciferous plant, several species of Stocks. which are cultivated for ornament. (Cookery.) The e ence extracted from meat; broth. — v. t. or [stocked (stokt), stocking.] To lay up for future use, as merchandise, etc.; to provide with material requisites; to store, fill, supply; to put into a pack, as cards. — ft. Used or available for constant service, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; perm a the nent; standing. — Dead stock. (Agric.) The implements of husbandry, and produce stored up for use, — disting. fr. Jive atock, or the domestic animals on a farm.— To take s. To make an inventory of stock to or goods on hand. — To take s. in. To accept as v. truth, feel confidence in. — Stock'y, -Y, a. Thick and firm: stout; rather thick than tall or corpulent. in or — Stock'account', n. An account on a merchant's ledger, one side of which shows the original capital or stock and subsequent additions thereto, the other side showing the amounts withdrawn. — bro'ker, n. A broker who deals in the purchase and sale of for shares or stocks. —-dove, n. The wild pigeon of Europe, so called because at one time believed to he the stock of the domestic pigeon, or else from its breeding in the stocks of trees. — -exchange', n. To The building or place where stocks are bought and to sold; transactions of all kinds in stocks; an a ociation or body of stock-brokers. — fish, n. Fish dried in the sun without being salted, the — so called from its hardne .— -holder, ». A proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds an of a bank or other company. — -job'ber, n. One who speculates in stocks for gain. — -jobbing, n. ac- Act or art of dealing in stocks. — -still, a. Still as a fixed post: perfectly still. — Stockade', -ad', n. (Mil.) A line of posts or stakes Stockade.; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. set in the earth as a fence or barrier. An inclosure or pen made with posts and stakes. — v. t. To round or fortify with sharpened posts fixed in ground. — Stocking, n. A close-fitting covering the foot and leg, usually knit or woven. — StocVinef, -l-net', re. An elastic knit fabric of which stockings are made. 428