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stock A. trunk, stem OE.;
B. supporting structure; frame of timber for punishment XIV;
C. hollow receptacle XIV;
D. massive portion of an instrument XIV; (of a gun XVI);
E. line of descent XIV; F. part of hose (
upper and
nether; cf.
STOCKING) XV; G. fund, store (as of money) XV; quantity XVII; H. object of contemptuous treatment XVI; I. stiff neckcloth XVII. OE.
stoc(c) = OS., (M)Du.
stok (G.
stock stick), ON.
stokkr trunk, block, log :- Gmc. *
stukkaz, rel. to *
stukkjam piece, repr. by OE.
styċċe, OS., OHG.
stucki (Du.
stuk, G.
stück), ON.
stykki; of unkn. orig. Used adj. ‘kept in stock’ XVII.
Hence
stock vb. in various senses, †‘put in the stocks’ being the earliest (XIV). ‘supply with a stock of’ the latest (XVII) in appearance. Comp.
stock-dove wild pigeon. XIV; perh. so called from its breeding in hollow tree-trunks.
stockfish cod, etc. split open and dried. XIII. — (M)Du., (M)LG.
stokvisch, variously expl.
stockgillyflower plant of the genus
Matthiola. XVI; so called from its woody stem; abbrev.
stock XVII.
stockstill motionless. XV.
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