Word Meanings - STOCK-BLIND - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Blind as a stock; wholly blind.
Related words: (words related to STOCK-BLIND)
- STOCKER
One who makes or fits stocks, as of guns or gun carriages, etc. - STOCKWORK
A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories. - BLINDMAN'S BUFF
A play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell who it is. Surely he fancies I play at blindman's buff with him, for he thinks I never have my eyes open. Stillingfleet. - STOCK-BLIND
Blind as a stock; wholly blind. - BLINDNESS
State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively. Darwin. Color blindness, inability to distinguish certain color. See Daltonism. - BLIND; BLINDE
See BLENDE - STOCKADE
A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other to form a barrier, or defensive fortification. 2. An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes. (more info) with estocade; see 1st Stoccado); fr. It. steccata - STOCKY
1. Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent. Addison. Stocky, twisted, hunchback stems. Mrs. H. H. Jackson. 2. Headstrong. G. Eliot. - STOCK-STILL
Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still. His whole work stands stock-still. Sterne. - BLINDFISH
A small fish destitute of eyes, found in the waters of the Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky. Related fishes from other caves take the same name. - WHOLLY
1. In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly. Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. Dryden. 2. To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully. They employed themselves wholly in domestic life. Addison. - STOCKJOBBER
One who speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation is to buy and sell stocks. In England a jobber acts as an intermediary between brokers. - STOCKINET
An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made. - STOCKISH
Like a stock; stupid; blockish. Since naught so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature. Shak. - STOCKFISH
Young fresh cod. (more info) 1. Salted and dried fish, especially codfish, hake, ling, and torsk; also, codfish dried without being salted. - STOCKHOLDER
One who is a holder or proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds of a bank or other stock company. - BLINDER
One of the leather screens on a bridle, to hinder a horse from seeing objects at the side; a blinker. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, blinds. - BLINDAGE
A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework. - STOCKJOBBING
The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber. - STOCKINGER
A stocking weaver. - BEETLESTOCK
The handle of a beetle. - BLUESTOCKINGISM
The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry. - UNDERSTOCK
To supply insufficiently with stock. A. Smith. - DIESTOCK
A stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws. - MOCKINGSTOCK
A butt of sport; an object of derision. - STONE-BLIND
As blind as a stone; completely blind. - UNBLINDFOLD
To free from that which blindfolds. Spenser. - TREASURY STOCK
Issued stock of an incorporated company held by the company itself.