Vocabulary : Stocah to Stockbroker
Stocah : A menial attendant.Stoccade : See Stockade.
Stoccado : A stab; a thrust with a rapier.
Stochastic : Conjectural; able to conjecture.
Stock : Raw material; that out of which something is manufactured; as, paper stock. ;; A plain soap which is made into toilet soap by adding perfumery, coloring matter, etc. ;; The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk. ;; The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted. ;; A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post. ;; Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense. ;; The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached. ;; 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. ;; The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace. ;; 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. ;; The wooden or iron crosspiece to wh
