stock-whip

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• Whip

  ·vt The long pennant. ·see Pennant (a). II. Whip ·vt To hoist or purchase by means of a whip. III....

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• whip

  I. A single rope rove through a single block to hoist in light articles. Where greater and steadie...

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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. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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

• stock

  Cattle in general; the cattle belonging to a farm. Provincial in the North of England.--Pegge's Glos...

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• stock

  cattle in general. ...

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• whip upon whip

  A sort of easy purchase, much used in colliers. It consists of one whip applied to the falls of anot...

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• Sea whip

  ·- A gorgonian having a simple stem. ...

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• Whip-shaped

  ·adj Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or s...

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• whip jacks

  The tenth order of the canting crew, rogues who having learned a few sea terms, beg with counterfeit...

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• to whip off

  To run away, to drink off greedily, to snatch. He whipped away from home, went to the alehouse, wher...

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• whip-bird

  n. See coach-whip bird. ...

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• whip-snake

  n. or Little Whip-Snake.See under snake. ...

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• whip-stick

  n. variety of dwarf Eucalypt; one of the Mallees; forming thick scrub. 1874. M. C., `Explorers,' p...

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• whip-tail

  n. 1) A fancy name for a smallKangaroo. See Pretty-Faces, quotation. 2) A Tasmanian fish; see unde...

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• penny-whip

  very small beer. Lane, a penny per quart. ...

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• coach-whip

  The pendant. ...

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• double-whip

  A whip is simply a rope rove through a single block; a double whip is when it passes through a lower...

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• whip-staff

  See whipII ...

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• whip-jack

  An old term, equivalent to fresh-water sailor, or a sham-shipwrecked tar. (See turnpike-sailors.) ...

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• whip-ray

  A ray with a long tail ending in a very fine point. It is armed with a dangerous serrated spine, jag...

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• whip-saw

  The largest of that class of useful instruments, being that generally used at the saw-pit. ...

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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.

• live stock

  Lice or fleas. ...

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• stock drawers

  Stockings. ...

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• stock jobbers

  Persons who gamble in Exchange Alley, by pretending to buy and sell the public funds, but in reality...

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• stock-agent

  n. more usually in the form Stockand Station-agent. The circumstances of Australian life makethis a...

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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

• stock-horse

  n. horse accustomed to go aftercattle used in mustering and cutting-out (q.v.). 1874. W. H. L. Ran...

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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...

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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

• stock-keeper

  n. equivalent to a shepherd,or herdsman. 1821. Governor Macquarie, `Government Notice,' June 30, 1...

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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 ...

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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

• 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

• stock-up

  v. complete the number of animalson a station, so that it may carry its full complement. 1890. Rol...

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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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• Whip-poor-will

  ·noun An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; — so called ...

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• Whip-tom-kelly

  ·noun A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida; — called also black-whisker...

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• to whip the cock

  A piece of sport practised at wakes, horse-races, and fairs in Leicestershire: a cock being tied or ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• whip-belly vengeance

  or pinch-gut vengeance, of which he that gets the most has the worst share. Weak or sour beer. ...

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• coach-whip bird

  n. Psophodes crepitans,V. and H. (see Gould's `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii. pl. 15);Black-throate...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• little whip-snake

  See snake ...

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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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• knight of the whip

  A coachman. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• London Joint Stock Bank

  1) On the west side of Princes Street at No. 5 (Head Office) (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward....

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• lock, stock, and barrel

  The whole. A figurative expression borrowed from sportsmen, and having reference to a gun. Look at ...

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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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