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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stocked 
  adj  :  furnished  with  more  than  enough;  "rivers  well  stocked  with 
  fish";  "a  well-stocked  store"  [syn:  {stocked  with}] 




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