the outstanding capital of a company or corporation.
b.
the shares of a particular company or corporation.
c.
the certificate of ownership of such stock; stock certificate.
d.
(formerly) a tally or stick used in transactions between a debtor and a creditor.
6.
Horticulture.
a.
Also called understock.in grafting, a stem in which the bud or scion is inserted.
b.
a stem, tree, or plant that furnishes slips or cuttings; stock plant.
7.
the trunk or main stem of a tree or other plant, as distinguished from roots and branches.
8.
the type from which a group of animals or plants has been derived.
9.
a race or other related group of animals or plants.
10.
the person from whom a given line of descent is derived; the original progenitor.
11.
a line of descent; a tribe, race, or ethnic group.
12.
Linguistics. a category consisting of language families that, because of resemblances in grammatical structure and vocabulary, are considered likely to be related by common origin. Compare family(def. 14), phylum(def. 2).
13.
any grouping of related languages.
14.
the handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
15.
Firearms.
a.
the wooden or metal piece to which the barrel and mechanism of a rifle are attached.
b.
a part of an automatic weapon, as a machine gun, similar in position or function.
16.
the trunk or stump of a tree, left standing.
17.
a dull or stupid person.
18.
something lifeless or senseless.
19.
the main upright part of anything, esp. a supporting structure.
20.
stocks,
a.
a former instrument of punishment consisting of a framework with holes for securing the ankles and, sometimes, the wrists, used to expose an offender to public derision. Compare pillory(def. 1).
b.
a frame in which a horse or other animal is secured in a standing position for shoeing or for a veterinary operation.
c.
the frame on which a boat rests while under construction.
21.
Nautical.
a.
a vertical shaft forming part of a rudder and controlling the rudder's movement.
b.
a transverse piece of wood or metal near the ring on some anchors.
22.
the metal or wooden body of a carpenter's plane.
23.
Metallurgy.
a.
material being smelted in a blast furnace.
b.
a metal piece to be forged.
24.
Printing.
a.
a specified quality or kind of paper: glossy stock; card stock; offset stock.
b.
the paper for printing a particular job: We don't have enough stock for that large a run.
Cookery. the liquor or broth prepared by boiling meat, fish, chicken, etc., with or without vegetables or seasonings, and used esp. as a foundation for soups and sauces.
28.
any of several plants belonging to the genus Matthiola, of the mustard family, esp. M. incana, having fragrant white, blue, purple, reddish, or yellowish flowers.
29.
a rhizome or rootstock.
30.
Zoology. a compound organism, as a colony of corals.
31.
a collar or a neckcloth fitting like a band around the neck.
32.
Cards. the portion of a pack of cards that, in certain games, is not dealt out to the players, but is left on the table, to be drawn from as occasion requires.
33.
an adjustable wrench for holding dies for cutting screws.
in progress or preparation: a new novel on the stocks.
59.
out of stock, lacking a supply of, esp. temporarily: We are out of stock in this item.
60.
take or put stock in, to put confidence in or attach importance to; believe; trust: Considering his general unreliability, I can't take stock in what he has told you.
61.
take stock,
a.
to make an inventory of stock on hand.
b.
to make an appraisal of resources or prospects: She took stock of her decorating scheme and decided it was time for a change.
[Origin: bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE stoc(c) stump, stake, post, log; c. G Stock, ON stokkr tree-trunk; (v.) deriv. of the n.]
The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.
The capital or fund that a corporation raises through the sale of shares entitling the stockholder to dividends and to other rights of ownership, such as voting rights.
The number of shares that each stockholder possesses.
A stock certificate.
The part of a tally or record of account formerly given to a creditor.
A debt symbolized by a tally.
A plant or stem onto which a graft is made.
A plant or tree from which cuttings and slips are taken.
The original progenitor of a family line.
The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character: comes from farming stock.
Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.
The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.
A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.
An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.
A group of related languages.
A group of related families of languages.
A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
stocksNautical The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment. Often used in the plural.
The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
A theatrical stock company.
The repertoire of such a company.
A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
The trunk or main stem of a tree or another plant.
A plant or stem onto which a graft is made.
A plant or tree from which cuttings and slips are taken.
The original progenitor of a family line.
The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character: comes from farming stock.
Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.
The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.
A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.
An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.
A group of related languages.
A group of related families of languages.
A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
stocksNautical The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment. Often used in the plural.
The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
A theatrical stock company.
The repertoire of such a company.
A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
The original progenitor of a family line.
The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character: comes from farming stock.
Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.
The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.
A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.
An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.
A group of related languages.
A group of related families of languages.
A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
stocksNautical The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment. Often used in the plural.
The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
A theatrical stock company.
The repertoire of such a company.
A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
The raw material out of which something is made.
The broth in which meat, fish, bones, or vegetables are simmered for a relatively long period, used as a base in preparing soup, gravy, or sauces.
A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
stocksNautical The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment. Often used in the plural.
The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
A theatrical stock company.
The repertoire of such a company.
A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
stocks A device consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes for confining the ankles and sometimes the wrists, formerly used for punishment.
Nautical A crosspiece at the end of the shank of an anchor.
The wooden block from which a bell is suspended.
The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
A theatrical stock company.
The repertoire of such a company.
A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
A handle, such as that of a whip, a fishing rod, or various carpentry tools.
The frame of a plow, to which the share, handles, coulter, and other parts are fastened.
A theatrical stock company.
The repertoire of such a company.
A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
Botany Any of several Eurasian and Mediterranean plants of the genus Matthiola in the mustard family, especially M. incana, widely cultivated for its clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
Games The portion of a pack of cards or of a group of dominoes that is not dealt out but is drawn from during a game.
Geology A body of intrusive igneous rock of which less than 100 square kilometers (40 square miles) is exposed.
Zoology A compound organism, such as a colony of zooids.
Personal reputation or status: a teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Confidence or credence: I put no stock in that statement.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
Rolling stock.
v.
stocked, stock·ing, stocks
v.
tr.
To provide or furnish with a stock of something, especially:
To supply (a shop) with merchandise.
To supply (a farm) with livestock.
To fill (a stream, for example) with fish.
To keep for future sale or use.
To provide (a rifle, for example) with a stock.
Obsolete To put (someone) in the stocks as a punishment.
v.
intr.
To gather and lay in a supply of something: stock up on canned goods.
To put forth or sprout new shoots. Used of a plant.
adj.
Kept regularly in stock: a stock item.
Repeated regularly without any thought or originality; routine: a stock answer.
Employed in dealing with or caring for stock or merchandise: a stock clerk.
Of or relating to the raising of livestock: stock farming.
Used for breeding: a stock mare.
Of or relating to a stock company or its repertoire.
Of or being a conventional character or situation that recurs in many literary or cinematic works.
Of or relating to a stock company or its repertoire.
Of or being a conventional character or situation that recurs in many literary or cinematic works.
[Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, tree trunk.]
O.E. stocc "stump, post, stake, tree trunk, log," also "pillory" (usually plural, stocks), from P.Gmc. *stukkaz "tree trunk" (cf. O.N. stokkr "block of wood, trunk of a tree," O.S., O.Fris. stok, M.Du. stoc "tree trunk, stump," Du. stok "stick, cane," O.H.G. stoc "tree trunk, stick," Ger. Stock "stick, cane;" also Du. stuk, Ger. Stück "piece"), from PIE *(s)teu- (see steep (adj.)). Meaning "ancestry, family" (1382) is a fig. use of the "tree trunk" sense (cf. family tree). This is also the root of the meaning "heavy part of a tool," and "part of a rifle held against the shoulder" (1541). Stock, lock, and barrel "the whole of a thing" is recorded from 1817. Meaning "framework on which a boat was constructed" (1422) led to fig. phrase on stocks "planned and commenced" (1669). Stock-still (c.1470) is lit. "as still as a tree trunk."
"supply for future use" (1428), "sum of money" (1463), M.E. developments of stock (n.1), but the ultimate sense connection is uncertain. Perhaps the notion is of the "trunk" from which gains are an outgrowth, or obs. sense of "money-box" (c.1400). Meaning "subscribed capital of a corporation" is from 1612. Stock-broker is from 1706; stock exchange is from 1773. The verb meaning "to supply (a store) with stock" is from 1622; in stock "in the possession of a trader" is from 1618. Meaning "broth made by boiling meat or vegetables" is from 1764. Theatrical use, in ref. to a company regularly acting together at a given theater, is attested from 1761. In ref. to conversation or literature, "recurring, commonplace" (e.g. stock phrase), it is attested from 1738, on notion of "kept in store for constant use." Taking stock "making an inventory" is attested from 1736. As the collective term for the movable property of a farm, it is recorded from 1519; hence livestock (1523).
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'"
2.
routine; "a stock answer"
3.
regularly and widely used or sold; "a standard size"; "a stock item" [syn: standard]
noun
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.
the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"
3.
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"
4.
a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year" [syn: stock certificate]
5.
a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: store]
6.
the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
7.
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]
8.
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]
9.
the reputation and popularity a person has; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor"
10.
persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
11.
a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
12.
any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
13.
any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia [syn: Malcolm stock]
14.
lumber used in the construction of something; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter"
15.
the handle end of some implements or tools; "he grabbed the cue by the stock"
(often in plural) a store of goods in a shop, warehouse etc Example: Buy while stocks last!; The tools you require are in / out of stock (= available / not available).
Arabic:
مُتَوَفِّر ، غَيْر مُتَوَفِّر
Chinese (Simplified):
存货
Chinese (Traditional):
存貨
Czech:
zásoba; sklad
Danish:
lager
Dutch:
voorraad
Estonian:
kaubatagavara, ladu
Finnish:
varasto
French:
stock
German:
der Vorrat
Greek:
απόθεμα
Hungarian:
raktár(i készlet)
Icelandic:
birgðir
Indonesian:
stok
Italian:
stock, merce
Japanese:
在庫
Korean:
재고, 저장품
Latvian:
pārdošanā, *izpārdots
Lithuanian:
atsargos, turimi daiktai
Norwegian:
lager, beholdning
Polish:
zapas
Portuguese (Brazil):
estoque
Portuguese (Portugal):
fornecimento
Romanian:
rezervă
Russian:
запас; ассортимент
Slovak:
zásoba; sklad
Slovenian:
zaloga
Spanish:
existencias, stock
Swedish:
lager
Turkish:
satılık mal (stoku)
stock2[stok]noun
a supply of something Example: We bought a large stock of food for the camping trip.
Arabic:
مَخْزون، بَضائِع
Chinese (Simplified):
供应，储备
Chinese (Traditional):
供應，儲備
Czech:
zásoba
Danish:
forsyning; forråd
Dutch:
voorraad
Estonian:
varu
Finnish:
varastot
French:
provision
German:
der Vorrat
Greek:
απόθεμα
Hungarian:
(áru)készlet
Icelandic:
vörubirgðir, lager
Indonesian:
persediaan
Italian:
provvista, scorta
Japanese:
貯え
Korean:
사들인 물건, 비축
Latvian:
krājumi; rezerve
Lithuanian:
atsargos, kiekis
Norwegian:
forråd, lager
Polish:
zapas
Portuguese (Brazil):
estoque, sortimento
Portuguese (Portugal):
fornecimento
Romanian:
provizie
Russian:
запас
Slovak:
zásoba
Slovenian:
zaloga
Spanish:
reserva, provisión
Swedish:
lager, förråd
Turkish:
… malzemesi
stock3[stok]noun
farm animals Example: He would like to purchase more (live) stock.
Arabic:
ماشِيَه
Chinese (Simplified):
牲畜
Chinese (Traditional):
牲畜
Czech:
dobytek
Danish:
besætning
Dutch:
vee
Estonian:
eluskari
Finnish:
karja
French:
bétail
German:
der (Vieh-)Bestand
Greek:
ζωντανά, ζώα φάρμας
Hungarian:
állatállomány
Icelandic:
búpeningur
Indonesian:
ternak
Italian:
bestiame
Japanese:
家畜
Korean:
가축
Latvian:
lopi
Lithuanian:
galvijai
Norwegian:
buskap, besetning
Polish:
żywy inwentarz
Portuguese (Brazil):
gado
Portuguese (Portugal):
gado
Romanian:
şeptel
Russian:
скот
Slovak:
dobytok, zvieratá
Slovenian:
živina
Spanish:
ganado
Swedish:
boskap, kreatursbesättning
Turkish:
çiftlik hayvanları
stock4[stok]noun
(often in plural) money lent to the government or to a business company at a fixed interest Example: government stock; He has $20,000 in stocks and shares.
Arabic:
قِرْض تِجاري
Chinese (Simplified):
公债券
Chinese (Traditional):
公債券
Czech:
státní dluhopis; akcie
Danish:
obligation
Dutch:
aandelen
Estonian:
väärtpaber
Finnish:
obligaatiot
French:
titre; action
German:
das Kapital, die Aktie
Greek:
χρεόγραφο
Hungarian:
értékpapírok
Icelandic:
(ríkis)skuldabréf
Indonesian:
saham
Italian:
azione; titolo
Japanese:
株
Korean:
공채, 국채; 주식 자본, 주식
Latvian:
akcijas
Lithuanian:
akcijos
Norwegian:
aksjer, obligasjoner, verdipapirer
Polish:
kredyt
Portuguese (Brazil):
ações
Portuguese (Portugal):
acçOes
Romanian:
titluri de valoare
Russian:
акции
Slovak:
štátny dlhopis; akcia
Slovenian:
delnice
Spanish:
acciones, valores
Swedish:
statsobligation, aktie
Turkish:
hisse senedi
stock5[stok]noun
liquid obtained by boiling meat, bones etc and used for making soup etc
Arabic:
مَرَق اللحم والعِظام، حِساء
Chinese (Simplified):
（炖肉等的）原汤
Chinese (Traditional):
(燉肉等的)原湯
Czech:
bujón
Danish:
suppesky
Dutch:
bouillon
Estonian:
lihaleem
Finnish:
lihaliemi
French:
bouillon
German:
die Brühe
Greek:
ζωμός
Hungarian:
húsleves
Icelandic:
kraftur
Indonesian:
kaldu
Italian:
brodo
Japanese:
だし汁
Korean:
(고기·뼈를) 삶아낸 국물
Latvian:
buljons
Lithuanian:
sultinys
Norwegian:
kraft, buljong
Polish:
bulion
Portuguese (Brazil):
caldo
Portuguese (Portugal):
caldo
Romanian:
supă
Russian:
(крепкий) бульон
Slovak:
bujón
Slovenian:
jušna osnova
Spanish:
caldo
Swedish:
buljong
Turkish:
et, *sebze suyu
stock6[stok]noun
the handle of a whip, rifle etc
Arabic:
مِقْبَض
Chinese (Simplified):
柄
Chinese (Traditional):
柄
Czech:
rukojeť; násada
Danish:
skaft
Dutch:
steel
Estonian:
vars
Finnish:
varsi
French:
manche; crosse
German:
der Schaft
Greek:
λαβή, χερούλι
Hungarian:
nyél, fogó
Icelandic:
skaft, skefti
Indonesian:
gagang
Italian:
manico; calcio
Japanese:
柄
Korean:
자루; (소총의) 개머리판
Latvian:
kāts; spals; rokturis
Lithuanian:
kotas, buožė
Norwegian:
skaft, skjefte
Polish:
trzonek, kolba
Portuguese (Brazil):
cabo, coronha
Portuguese (Portugal):
cabo
Romanian:
mâner; toc
Russian:
черенок; рукоятка;ложе
Slovak:
rukoväť; násada
Slovenian:
ročaj; kopito
Spanish:
culata
Swedish:
handtag, stock
Turkish:
kundak, kabza
stock[stok]adjective
common; usual Example: stock sizes of shoes
Arabic:
عادي، شائِع
Chinese (Simplified):
常备的
Chinese (Traditional):
常備的
Czech:
běžný
Danish:
standard-
Dutch:
gangbaar
Estonian:
tavaline
Finnish:
tavallinen
French:
courant
German:
Standard-…
Greek:
κοινός, συνηθισμένος
Hungarian:
szokványos
Icelandic:
venjulegur
Indonesian:
umum
Italian:
comune, standard
Japanese:
ありふれた
Korean:
보통의, 흔한
Latvian:
parasts
Lithuanian:
dažniausiai pasitaikantis, įprastinis
Norwegian:
lager-, standard-
Polish:
typowy
Portuguese (Brazil):
comum
Portuguese (Portugal):
vulgar
Romanian:
clasic, obişnuit
Russian:
стандартный
Slovak:
bežný
Slovenian:
običajen, standardiziran
Spanish:
corriente, normal, de serie
Swedish:
standard-
Turkish:
sürekli elde bulundurulan
stock1[stok]verb
to keep a supply of for sale Example: Does this shop stock writing-paper?
Arabic:
يَخْزِن
Chinese (Simplified):
现货供应
Chinese (Traditional):
現貨供應
Czech:
mít na skladě
Danish:
føre
Dutch:
in voorraad hebben
Estonian:
tagavaraks hoidma
Finnish:
pitää varastossa
French:
avoir en stock
German:
führen
Greek:
διαθέτω, έχω (σε) απόθεμα
Hungarian:
raktáron tart
Icelandic:
hafa til sölu
Indonesian:
menyediakan
Italian:
tenere, avere
Japanese:
～の在庫を持つ
Korean:
(상품을) 비축하다
Latvian:
turēt krājumā
Lithuanian:
turėti atsargų, laikyti
Norwegian:
føre, ha på lager
Polish:
prowadzić, mieć na składzie
Portuguese (Brazil):
ter em estoque
Portuguese (Portugal):
vender
Romanian:
a avea în stoc
Russian:
иметь в продаже
Slovak:
mať na sklade
Slovenian:
držati (na zalogi)
Spanish:
tener en stock, vender
Swedish:
föra, ha på (i) lager
Turkish:
bulundurmak
stock2[stok]verb
to supply (a shop, farm etc) with goods, animals etc Example: He cannot afford to stock his farm.
Stock Island, FL (CDP, FIPS 68800) Location: 24.56658 N, 81.73857 W Population (1990): 3613 (1567 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Lin"stock\ (l[i^]n"st[o^]k), n. [Corrupt. fr. luntstock, D. lontstok; lont lunt + stok stock, stick. See Link a torch, Lunt, and Stock.] A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon. [Written also lintstock.]
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.
Stitch\, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See Stick, v. i.]1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. 2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch. 3. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. Stock.] A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance. You have gone a good stitch. --Bunyan. In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. --Holland. 4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side. He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. --Bp. Burnet. 5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.] If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry. --Marston. 6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.] 7. A furrow. --Chapman. Chain stitch, Lock stitch. See in the Vocabulary. Pearl, or Purl stitch. See 2nd Purl, 2.
Stoc*ca"do\, n. [F. estocade, fr. Sp. estocada, or It. stoccata, from Sp. estoque, or It. stocco, a rapier, fr. G. stock a stick. See Stock.] A stab; a thrust with a rapier. --Shak.
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