資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Stock duck} (Zo["o]l.), the mallard.

   {Stock exchange}.
       (a) The building or place where stocks are bought and
           sold; stock market; hence, transactions of all kinds
           in stocks.
       (b) An association or body of stockbrokers who meet and
           transact business by certain recognized forms,
           regulations, and usages. --Wharton. Brande & C.

   {Stock farmer}, a farmer who makes it his business to rear
      live stock.

   {Stock gillyflower} (Bot.), the common stock. See {Stock},
      n., 18.

   {Stock gold}, gold laid up so as to form a stock, or hoard.
      

   {Stock in trade}, the goods kept for sale by a shopkeeper;
      the fittings and appliances of a workman. --Simmonds.

   {Stock list}, a list of stocks, or shares, dealt in, of
      transactions, and of prices.

   {Stock lock}, a lock inclosed in a wooden case and attached
      to the face of a door.

   {Stock market}.
       (a) A place where stocks are bought and sold; the stock
           exchange.
       (b) A market for live stock.

   {Stock pigeon}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Stockdove}.

   {Stock purse}.
       (a) A common purse, as distinguished from a private
           purse.
       (b) (Mil.) Moneys saved out of the expenses of a company
           or regiment, and applied to objects of common
           interest. [Eng.]

   {Stock shave}, a tool used by blockmakers.

   {Stock station}, a place or district for rearing stock.
      [Australia] --W. Howitt.

   {Stock tackle} (Naut.), a tackle used when the anchor is
      hoisted and secured, to keep its stock clear of the ship's
      sides. --Totten.

   {Stock taking}, an examination and inventory made of goods or
      stock in a shop or warehouse; -- usually made
      periodically.

   {Tail stock}. See {Tailstock}.

   {To have something on the stock}, to be at work at something.
      

   {To take stock}, to take account of stock; to make an
      inventory of stock or goods on hand. --Dickens.

   {To take stock in}.
       (a) To subscribe for, or purchase, shares in a stock
           company.
       (b) To put faith in; to accept as trustworthy; as, to
           take stock in a person's fidelity. [Slang]

   {To take stock of}, to take account of the stock of; to take
      an inventory of; hence, to ascertain the facts in regard
      to (something). [Eng.]

            At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take
            stock of the results obtained by previous explorers
            of the same field.                    --Leslie
                                                  Stephen.

   Syn: Fund; capital; store; supply; accumulation; hoard;
        provision.