Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stock \Stock\, n.
   1. Raw material; that out of which something is manufactured;
      as, paper stock.

   2. (Soap Making) A plain soap which is made into toilet soap
      by adding perfumery, coloring matter, etc.

Stock \Stock\ (st[o^]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick;
   akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw.
   stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to
   urge, thrust. Cf. {Stokker}, {Stucco}, and {Tuck} a rapier.]
   1. The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed,
      strong, firm part; the trunk.

            Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and
            the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the
            scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs
            like a plant.                         --Job xiv.
                                                  8,9.

   2. The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.

            The scion overruleth the stock quite. --Bacon.

   3. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a
      firm support; a post.

            All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
                                                  --Milton.

            Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven
            shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or
            metal, and in no case of brick.       --Fuller.

   4. Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or
      post; one who has little sense.

            Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks.    --Shak.

   5. The principal supporting part; the part in which others
      are inserted, or to which they are attached. Specifically:
      
      (a) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket
          or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular
          piece of wood, which is an important part of several
          forms of gun carriage.
      (b) The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in
          boring; a bitstock; a brace.
      (c) (Joinery) The block of wood or metal frame which
          constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the
          plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.
      (d) (Naut.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the
          shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of
          {Anchor}.
      (e) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed,
          or of the anvil itself.
      (f) A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for
          cutting screws; a diestock.
      (g) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer,
          which was delivered to the person who had lent the
          king money on account, as the evidence of
          indebtedness. See {Counterfoil}. [Eng.]

   6. The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a
      family; the progenitor of a family and his direct
      descendants; lineage; family.

            And stand betwixt them made, when, severally, All
            told their stock.                     --Chapman.

            Thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stock From
            Dardanus.                             --Denham.

   7. Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in
      business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a
      bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares,
      each of a certain amount; money funded in government
      securities, called also {the public funds}; in the plural,
      property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or
      in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; --
      so in the United States, but in England the latter only
      are called {stocks}, and the former {shares}.

   8. (Bookkeeping) Same as {Stock account}, below.

   9. Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a
      merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in
      a stock of provisions.

            Add to that stock which justly we bestow. --Dryden.

   10. (Agric.) Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or
       raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep,
       etc.; -- called also {live stock}.

   11. (Card Playing) That portion of a pack of cards not
       distributed to the players at the beginning of certain
       games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from
       afterward as occasion required; a bank.

             I must buy the stock; send me good cardings.
                                                  --Beau. & Fl.

   12. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. [Obs.]

   13. [Cf. {Stocking}.] A covering for the leg, or leg and
       foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks
       (stockings). [Obs.]

             With a linen stock on one leg.       --Shak.

   14. A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a
       silk stock.

   15. pl. A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or
       the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined
       by way of punishment.

             He shall rest in my stocks.          --Piers
                                                  Plowman.

   16. pl. (Shipbuilding) The frame or timbers on which a ship
       rests while building.

   17. pl. Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls
       and the front of buildings. [Eng.]

   18. (Bot.) Any cruciferous plant of the genus {Matthiola};
       as, common stock ({Matthiola incana}) (see
       {Gilly-flower}); ten-weeks stock ({M. annua}).

   19. (Geol.) An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large
       cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore
       deposited in limestone.

   20. A race or variety in a species.

   21. (Biol.) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons
       (see {Person}), as trees, chains of salp[ae], etc.

   22. The beater of a fulling mill. --Knight.

   23. (Cookery) A liquid or jelly containing the juices and
       soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc.,
       extracted by cooking; -- used in making soup, gravy, etc.

   {Bit stock}. See {Bitstock}.

   {Dead stock} (Agric.), the implements of husbandry, and
      produce stored up for use; -- in distinction from live
      stock, or the domestic animals on the farm. See def. 10,
      above.

   {Head stock}. See {Headstock}.

   {Paper stock}, rags and other material of which paper is
      made.

   {Stock account} (Bookkeeping), an account on a merchant's
      ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or
      stock, and the additions thereto by accumulation or
      contribution, the other side showing the amounts
      withdrawn.

   {Stock car}, a railway car for carrying cattle.

   {Stock company} (Com.), an incorporated company the capital
      of which is represented by marketable shares having a
      certain equal par value.

Stock \Stock\, a.
   Used or employed for constant service or application, as if
   constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard;
   permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock
   sermon. ``A stock charge against Raleigh.'' --C. Kingsley.

   {Stock company} (Theater), a company of actors regularly
      employed at one theater, or permanently acting together in
      various plays under one management.

Stock \Stock\ (st[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stocked}
   (st[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stocking}.]
   1. To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as
      merchandise, and the like.

   2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to
      supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with
      goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle
      and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a
      permanent growth, especially of grass.

   3. To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more
      previous to sale, as cows.

   4. To put in the stocks. [R.] --Shak.

   {To stock an anchor} (Naut.), to fit it with a stock, or to
      fasten the stock firmly in place.

   {To stock cards} (Card Playing), to arrange cards in a
      certain manner for cheating purposes. [Cant]

Source : WordNet®

stock
     adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic
            sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace";
            "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating
            threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom";
            "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: {banal}, {commonplace},
             {hackneyed}, {old-hat}, {shopworn}, {stock(a)}, {threadbare},
             {timeworn}, {tired}, {trite}, {well-worn}]
     2: routine; "a stock answer"
     3: regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a
        stock item" [syn: {standard}]

stock
     n 1: the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of
          shares entitling holders to an ownership interest
          (equity); "he owns a controlling share of the company's
          stock"
     2: liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a
        basis for e.g. soups or sauces; "she made gravy with a
        base of beef stock" [syn: {broth}]
     3: the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a
        vast inventory of hardware" [syn: {inventory}]
     4: a supply of something available for future use; "he brought
        back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: {store}, {fund}]
     5: not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
        [syn: {livestock}, {farm animal}]
     6: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
        been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {line of descent},
         {descent}, {bloodline}, {blood line}, {blood}, {pedigree},
         {ancestry}, {origin}, {parentage}, {stemma}]
     7: the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or
        shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or
        artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special
        stock" [syn: {gunstock}]
     8: the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was
        so high he could have been elected mayor"
     9: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species;
        "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he
        created a new strain of sheep" [syn: {breed}, {strain}]
     10: lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut
         round stock to 1-inch diameter"
     11: a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the
         corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the
         past year" [syn: {stock certificate}]
     12: any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus
         Malcolmia [syn: {Malcolm stock}]
     13: a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a
         plant grown specifically to provide the root part of
         grafted plants
     14: any of several Old World plants cultivated for their
         brightly colored flowers [syn: {gillyflower}]
     15: the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the
         cue by the stock"
     16: persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
         [syn: {caudex}]
     17: an ornamental white cravat [syn: {neckcloth}]

stock
     v 1: have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn: {carry},
           {stockpile}]
     2: equip with a stock; "stock a rifle"
     3: supply with fish; "stock a lake"
     4: supply with livestock; "stock a farm"
     5: stock up on to keep for future use or sale; "let's stock
        coffee as long as prices are low" [syn: {buy in}]
     6: provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the
        larder with meat"
     7: put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted
        early this year" [syn: {sprout}]