Stocks

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
   plural, plural-only
3. The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Opposite the almshouses is the bow-fronted post⟳ office and shop⟳, while near by, beneath the trees on the green, is the old whipping post⟳ and stocks, the latter pierced by five holes.”

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