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stocks

DEFINITIONS OF: stocks

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n a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

Type of:
framework
a structure supporting or containing something

n a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod

Type of:
framework
a structure supporting or containing something

n a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked

Type of:
instrument of punishment
an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person
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