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ixed, strong, firm part; the trunk. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. Job xiv. 8,9.

Blind as a stock; wholly blind.

Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still. His whole work stands stock-still. Sterne.

To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.

A broker who deals in stocks.

mon European wild pigeon (Columba ænas), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, of trees.

One who makes or fits stocks, as of guns or gun carriages, etc.

Salted and dried fish, especially codfish, hake, ling, and torsk; also, codfish dried without being salted.

One who is a holder or proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds of a bank or other stock company.

An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made.

A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven. Blue stocking. See Bluestocking. -- Stocking frame, a machine for knitting stockings or other hosiery goods.

A stocking weaver.

Like a stock; stupid; blockish. Since naught so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature. Shak.

One who speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation is to buy and sell stocks. In England a jobber acts as an intermediary between brokers.

The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber.

A herdsman; a ranchman; one owning, or having charge of, herds of live stock. [Australia & U.S.] W. Howitt.

A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.

Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent. Addison. Stocky, twisted, hunchback stems. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps. Cheever.

The front or the back part of the frame of a bedstead. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.]