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Agent
·adj Acting;
— opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.
II. Agent ·noun One who exerts power, or...
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agent
In physics, expresses that by which a thing is done or effected.
♦ Navy agent is a deputy employed...
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Stock
·vt To put in the stocks.
II. Stock ·noun The beater of a fulling mill.
III. Stock ·noun A race or...
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stock
A good stock; i.e. of impudence. Stock and block; the whole: he has lost stock and block.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stock
n.
The word has many meanings. In theone from which the Australian compounds are made, it denotesho...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock
Cattle in general; the cattle belonging to a farm. Provincial in the North of England.--Pegge's Glos...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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stock
cattle in general.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Debenture stock
·add. ·- The debt or series of debts, collectively, represented by a series of debentures; a debt se...
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Mahon stock
·- An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is call...
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Stock-blind
·adj Blind as a stock; wholly blind.
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Stock-still
·adj Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still.
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Tool-stock
·noun The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.
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Treasury stock
·add. ·- Issued stock of an incorporated company held by the company itself.
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Trustee stock
·add. ·- High-grade stock in which trust funds may be legally invested.
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Stock Exchange
Between Throgmorton Street north and Threadneedle Street south, at No.23 Throgmorton Street (P.O. Di...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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live stock
Lice or fleas.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stock drawers
Stockings.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stock jobbers
Persons who gamble in Exchange Alley, by pretending to buy and sell the public funds, but in reality...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stock-holder
n.
a grazier; owner of largeherds of cattle, or flocks of sheep.
1820. Lieut. Chas. Jeffreys, `Del...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-horse
n.
horse accustomed to go aftercattle used in mustering and cutting-out (q.v.).
1874. W. H. L. Ran...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-hut
n.
the hut of a stock-man.
1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. ii. c. ii. p. 21:
«We cross...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-keep
v.
a quaint compound verb.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. x. p. 96(1890):
«`What ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-keeper
n.
equivalent to a shepherd,or herdsman.
1821. Governor Macquarie, `Government Notice,' June 30, 1...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-man
n.
used in Australia for a manemployed to look after stock.
1821. Governor Macquarie, `Government ...
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stock-rider
n.
a man employed to look aftercattle, properly on an unfenced station.
1870. A. L. Gordon, `Bush ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-riding
n.
the occupationof a Stock-rider (q.v.).
1880. Fison and Howitt, `Kamilaroi and Kurnai,' p. 260[F...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-route
n.
When land is first let insurveyed blocks to a Squatter (q.v.), and is, of course,unfenced, the l...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-up
v.
complete the number of animalson a station, so that it may carry its full complement.
1890. Rol...
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stock-whip
n.
whip for driving cattle.See quotations.
1857. W. Howitt, `Tallangetta,' vol. i. p. 100:
«The s...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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anchor-stock
A bar at the upper end of the shank, crossing the direction of the flukes transversely, to steady th...
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rudder-stock
The main piece of a rudder.
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stock-fish
Ling and haddock when sun-dried, without salt, were called stock-fish, and used in the navy, but are...
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custom-house agent
He who transacts the relative business of passing goods, as to the entries required for the ship's c...
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anchor-stock-fashion
The method of placing the butt of one wale-plank nearly over the middle of the other; and the planks...
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anchor-stock tackle
A small tackle attached to the upper part of the anchor-stock when stowing the anchor, its object be...
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stock and fluke
The whole of anything.
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London Joint Stock Bank
1) On the west side of Princes Street at No. 5 (Head Office) (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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lock, stock, and barrel
The whole. A figurative expression borrowed from sportsmen, and having reference to a gun.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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lock, stock, and barrel
An expression derived from fire-arms, and meaning the whole.
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stock of an anchor
A cross-beam of wood, or bar of iron, secured to the upper end of the shank at right angles with the...
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lay in sea-stock, to
To make provision for the voyage.
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