Meaning of still as a stock | Babel Free

Definitions

stock still

archaic, not-comparable

Examples

“the old woman was not so intent at her devotions, but she casting her eyes aside likewise saw a Purse in the Boys hand, missing her own soon knew that to be it, wherefore she and all the people came nearer the Boy, who stood still as a stock and said nothing to them”

“And there you stand, doing nothing — absolutely still as a stock, though you see him beating your wife.”

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