Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:If my children wake up on Christmas morning and have someone to thank for putting candy in their stocking, have I no one to thank for putting two feet in mine?[GK Chesterton] Quote:My idea of courage is the guy who has $500,000 tied up in the stock market and turns to the box scores first![Earl Wilson] Definitions of: stockDefinition: The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.Definition: The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted. Definition: A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post. Definition: Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense. Definition: The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached. Definition: The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a rifle or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage. Definition: The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace. Definition: 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. Definition: The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor. Definition: The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself. Definition: A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock. Definition: 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. Definition: The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family. Definition: 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. Definition: Same as Stock account, below. Definition: Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions. Definition: Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live stock. Definition: 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. Definition: A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. Definition: A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings). Definition: A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock. Definition: A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment. Definition: The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building. Definition: Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings. Definition: Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua). Definition: An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone. Definition: A race or variety in a species. Definition: In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpæ, etc. Definition: The beater of a fulling mill. Definition: 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. Definition: Raw material; that out of which something is manufactured; as, paper stock. Definition: A plain soap which is made into toilet soap by adding perfumery, coloring matter, etc. Definition: 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 phrase; a stock response; a stock sermon. |
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