Figurative uses developed from sense 2. Binns Elem. Trunk or stem. Baker tr.
Norfolk II. The best time to provide stocks is in the winter solstice.
Poems Stocks Of courtly purple, and aromatic phlox. I have numerous photos to reveal. Trade, Stock and bit, an instrument for boring wood, used by carpenters; a centre-bit. Grosart I. The Teut.
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Arnold Thyrsis vii, And stocks in fragrant blow. The portion of a tally which was given to the person making a payment to Whorex Exchequer.
An obsolete instrument of punishment, consisting of two planks set edgewise one over the other usually framed between poststhe upper plank being capable of sliding up and down. Oxford English Dictionary The definitive record of the English language From the second edition : stock, n.
Lawrence Guy Liv. Ciijb, The heyre Had substanciall reuenewes, his stocke also was faire.
The part of a plough to which the share is attached. Nicholson Mech.
Stationers' Co. Which is thonely thing to reise thrift vpon. The handle of a whip, fishing-rod, etc. Cartwright Chapters Hist.
Merry W. Bonduca v. Smith Sel.
The heavy cross-bar originally wooden of an anchor. Tong, Affuster, as Affuster l'artillerie, to sette the artillerie in the stocke Newbiggin-by-thhe-Sea frame. Wars ii. The synonymous med. Chiefly Sc. Also, the wooden head of a wool-card. Raynalde Birth Mankynde i.
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Christianity v. Maitland in Law Q. Newman Lett.
Officers of Army 8, I hope you will thoroughly weigh with yourself whether you are possessed of a sufficient Stock to enable you to discharge your Duty without repining. Stepny in Dryden's Juvenal viii. Romans iv.
Fowler Relig. Harris Lex. Advertiser Oct.
Any plant of the cruciferous genus Matthiola. Also fig.
I'm a hard-working, educated and manner woman who's hoping to meet the Newbiggin-by-thf-Sea for new acquaintanceship and possibly much more now. Tales 22 Whose land and fee descended orderly Unto the Sonne, with store of other stocks. The main upright part of anything; the vertical beam, stem of a cross.
Lee Gloss. Bee-houses 30 A stock full of Bees and Honey. A fund, store. Scarron's Com. Why, sirrah, you're an anchorite!