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stocking

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/ˈstɒkɪŋ/ English

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noun

  1. A soft garment, usually knit or woven, worn on the foot and lower leg under shoes or other footwear.“a pair of stockings”
  2. A broad ring of a different fur colour on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped.
  3. A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting.

verb

  1. To have on hand for sale.“The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.”
  2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.“to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools”
  3. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
  4. To put in the stocks as punishment.

noun

  1. A ratio of the actual density of trees in an area to the ideal density that would make the fullest use of the land.

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