Stock"hold`er (?), n. One who is a holder or proprietor of stock in the
public funds, or in the funds of a bank or other stock company.
Stock`i*net" (?), n. An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of
which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made.
Stock"ing (?), n. [From Stock, which was formerly used of a covering
for the legs and feet, combining breeches, or upper stocks, and
stockings, or nether stocks.] 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.
Stock"ing, v. t. To dress in GBs. Dryden.
Stock"ing*er (?), n. A stocking weaver.
Stock"ish, a. Like a stock; stupid; blockish.
Since naught so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the
time doth change his nature.
Shak.
Stock"job`ber (?), n. [Stock + job.] 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.
Stock"job`bing (?), n. The act or art of dealing in stocks; the
business of a stockjobber.
Stock"man (?), n.; pl. Stockmen (&?;). A herdsman; a ranchman; one
owning, or having charge of, herds of live stock. [Australia & U.S.] W.
Howitt.
Stock"-still` (?), a. [CF. G. stock- still.] Still as a stock, or fixed
post; perfectly still.
His whole work stands stock-still.
Sterne.
Stock"work` (?), n. [G. stockwerk.] 1. (Mining) 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.
2. (Geol.) A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of
the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped.
This kind of deposit is especially common with tin ore. Such deposits
are worked in floors or stories.
Stock"y (?), a. [From Stock.] 1. Short and thick; thick rather than
tall or corpulent. Addison.
Stocky, twisted, hunchback stems.
Mrs. H. H. Jackson.