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Stocks

//stɑks// name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of stock form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment. plural, plural-only

    "Opposite the almshouses is the bow-fronted post office and shop, while near by, beneath the trees on the green, is the old whipping post and stocks, the latter pierced by five holes."

  3. 3
    a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked wordnet
  4. 4
    The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched. plural, plural-only
  5. 5
    a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod wordnet
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  1. 6
    a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of stock form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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