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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Stŏck'-brō'ker, n. p. 1300A broker who deals in the purchase and sale of shares or stocks.Stŏck'-dŏve, n. p. 1300(Ornith.) The wild pigeon of Europe (Columba ænas), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some authors, from its breeding in the stocks of…Stöck'er, n. p. 1300A man engaged in making stock-locks. Simmonds.Stŏck'-ex-chāṅge', n. p. 1300The building or place where stocks are bought and sold; stock-market; hence, transactions of all kinds in stocks. 2. An association or body of stock-brokers who meet and transact business by certain…Stŏck'-fărm'er, n. p. 1300A farmer who makes it his business to rear live stock, as cattle, &c.Stöck'-fish, n. p. 1300Cod dried in the sun without being salted;—so called from its hardness.Stŏck-gĭl'ly-flow'er, n. p. 1300(Bot.) A plant of the genus Mathiola (M. incana), much cultivated for the sweetness and beauty of its flowers.Stöck'-gōld, n. p. 1300Gold laid up so as to form a stock or hoard.Stŏck'-hōld-er, n. p. 1300One who is a proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds of a bank or other company.Stock-i-nĕt', n. p. 1300An elastic knit textile fabric, of which stockings, under-garments, &c., are made.Stŏck'ing, n. p. 1300A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.Stŏck'ing, v. t. p. 1300To dress in stockings. Dryden.Stŏck'ing-frāme, n. p. 1300A frame or machine for weaving stockings, or other hosiery goods.Stöck'ish, a. p. 1300Hard; stupid; blockish. [Rare.] Since naught so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature. Shak.Stŏck'-jŏb'ber, n. p. 1300One who speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation is to buy and sell stocks.Stŏck'-jŏb/bĭng, n. p. 1300The act or art of dealing in stocks.Stöck'-list, n. p. 1300A list or account of the prices of stocks. Simmonds.Stŏck'-lŏck, n. p. 1300A lock fixed in a wooden case or frame. Buchanan.Stöck'-man, n. p. 1300A herdsman; one having the charge of stock. [Australia.] Howitt.Stŏck'-mār'ket, n. p. 1300A place where stocks are bought and sold; the stock-exchange. 2. A market for cattle.Stöck'-pûrse, n. p. 1300A common purse. 2. (Mil.) Moneys saved out of the expenses of a company or regiment, and applied to objects of common interest. W. Scott.Stöck'-shāve, n. p. 1300An implement used by block-makers. Simmonds.Stöck'-stā/tion, n. p. 1300A place or district for rearing stock. [Australia.] Howitt.Stŏck'-stīll, a. p. 1300Still as a fixed post; perfectly still. The whole world stands stock-still. Sterne.Stöck'-täck'/le, n. p. 1300(Naut.) A tackle used when the anchor is hoisted and secured, to keep its stock clear of the ship's sides. Totten.Stŏck'-tāk'ing, n. p. 1300A periodical examination and inventory made of goods or stock in a shop or warehouse. Simmonds.Stöck'-work, n. p. 1300(Mining.) A system of working in ore, &c., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.Stöck'y, a. p. 1300Thick and firm; stout; rather thick than tall or corpulent. Addison.Stœch'i-ö'l'o-gy, n. p. 1300The same as STOICHI-OLOGY.Stœch'i-o-mĕt'rie-al, a. p. 1300The same as STOICHIOMETRICAL.Stœch'i-òm'e-try, n. p. 1300The same as STOICHIOMETRY.Stō'ic, n. p. 1300A disciple of the philosopher Zeno, who founded a sect, and taught that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to the unavoidable necessity by which…Stō'ic or Stō'ic-al, a. p. 1300Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Stoics or their doctrines. 2. Not affected by passion; unfeeling; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain.Stō'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1300In the manner of the Stoics; without apparent feeling or sensibility; with indifference to pleasure or pain.Stō'ic-al-ness, n. p. 1300The state of being stoical; indifference to pleasure or pain.Stoi'chi-ŏl'o-ġy, n. p. 1300(Physiol.) That branch of physiology which treats of the elements or proximate principles of which the body is constituted. 2. (Logic.) The doctrine conversant about the elementary requisites of mere…Stoi'chi-o-mĕt'ric-al, a. p. 1300Pertaining to stoichiometry.Stoi'chi-ŏm'e-try, n. p. 1300(Chem.) The science of atomic proportions, or chemical equivalents. [Written also stœchiometry.]Stō'i-çism, n. p. 1300The opinions and maxims of the Stoics. 2. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility.Sto-ĭç'i-ty, n. p. 1300The state of being stoic; stoicalness; stoicism. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Stōke, v. i. p. 1300To tend a fire in furnaces, as of steam-engines, and the like. Halliwell.Stōke'-hōle, n. p. 1300The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand.Stōk'er, n. p. 1300One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially that of a locomotive, or marine steam-engine. 2. An instrument used in stirring a fire; a poker. [Rare.] C. Richardson.Stō'key, a. p. 1300Close; sultry. [Prov. Eng.]Stō'lȧ, n. p. 1300(Rom. Antiq.) A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women. The stola was not allowed to be worn by courtesans, nor by women divorced from their husbands. Fairholt.Stōle, imp. p. 1300of steal. See STEAL.Stōle, n. p. 1300A long, loose garment reaching to the feet. But when mild morn, in saffron stole, First issues from her eastern goal. Warton. 2. A sucker; a shoot from the root of a plant, by which certain plants…Stōle, n. p. 1300(Bot.) A lax, trailing stem given off at the summit of the root, and taking root at intervals; a sucker. Henslow.Stōled, a. p. 1300Having or wearing a stole or long robe. “Prophets brightly stoled in shining lawn.” G. Fletcher.Stōl'en, p. p. p. 1300of steal. See STEAL.Stŏl'id, a. p. 1300Hopelessly insensible or stupid; dull; foolish.Sto-lĭd'i-ty, n. p. 1300The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; stupidity. These certainly are the fools in the text, indocile, intractable fools, whose stolidity can baffle all arguments, and be proof…Stŏl'id-ness, n. p. 1300The same as STOLIDITY. See STOLIDITY.Stō'lon, n. p. 1300(Bot.) The same as STOLE, q. v.Stŏl'o-nĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 1300Producing stolons; putting forth suckers. Martyn.Stō'mȧ, n. p. 1300(Bot.) The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs, opening into the intercellular spaces, and bordered by a contractile rim. 2. (Zoöl.) One of the breathing-holes of air-breathing…Sto-măc'a-ce, n. p. 1301A fetor of breath arising from ulcerated gums. Brande.Stŏm′ach, n. p. 1301(Anat.) A musculo-membranous reservoir, continuous with the esophagus above and the duodenum below, and situated immediately beneath the diaphragm. It owes its digestive powers to an acid liquid, the…Stôm′ach, v. t. p. 1301To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike. The lion began to show his teeth, and to stomach the affront. L'Estrange. The Parliament sit in that body . . . to be his counselors and dictators…Stòm'ach, v. i. p. 1301To be angry. [Obs.] Hooker.