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Search phrase: stock

Plays

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CoriolanusCor II.iii.236How long continued, and what stock he springs of – How long continued, and what stock he springs of,
CymbelineCym I.vii.128.1Recoil from your great stock.Recoyle from your great Stocke.
CymbelineCym V.iv.143the old stock, and freshly grow, then shallthe old Stocke, and freshly grow, then shall
CymbelineCym V.v.441jointed to the old stock, and freshly grow, thenioynted to the old Stocke, and freshly grow, then
HamletHam III.i.118cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish ofcannot so innocculate our old stocke, but we shall rellish of
Henry VH5 I.ii.71Of the true line and stock of Charles the Great – Of the true Line and Stock of Charles the Great:
Henry VH5 II.iv.63Of that victorious stock; and let us fearOf that Victorious Stock: and let vs feare
Henry VH5 III.v.7Our scions, put in wild and savage stock,Our Syens, put in wilde and sauage Stock,
Henry VI Part 11H6 II.v.41And now declare, sweet stem from York's great stock,And now declare sweet Stem from Yorkes great Stock,
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.ii.58And in thy sons, fair slips of such a stock.And in thy Sonnes, faire slippes of such a Stock.
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.iv.46Was made a wonder and a pointing-stockWas made a wonder, and a pointing stock
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.213Some stern untutored churl, and noble stockSome sterne vntutur'd Churle; and Noble Stock
Henry VIIIH8 IV.ii.49Though from an humble stock, undoubtedlyThough from an humble Stocke, vndoubtedly
Henry VIIIH8 V.i.22Good time, and live; but for the stock, Sir Thomas,Good time, and liue: but for the Stocke Sir Thomas,
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.293Would any of the stock of BarrabasWould any of the stocke of Barrabas
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.iii.23pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance,passe thy puncto, thy stock, thy reuerse, thy distance,
PericlesPer V.i.67Came of a gentle kind and noble stock,Came of a gentle kinde, and noble stocke,
Richard IIIR3 III.vii.121To the corruption of a blemished stock;To the corruption of a blemisht Stock;
Richard IIIR3 III.vii.126Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants,His Royall Stock grafft with ignoble Plants,
Romeo and JulietRJ I.v.58Now, by the stock and honour of my kin,Now by the stocke and Honour of my kin,
The Taming of the ShrewTS III.ii.64like the horse; with a linen stock on one leg and a kerseylike the horse: with a linnen stock on one leg, and a kersey
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.303Nor her, nor thee, nor any of thy stock.Nor her, nor thee, nor any of thy stocke:
Twelfth NightTN I.iii.128a dun-coloured stock. Shall we set about some revels?a dam'd colour'd stocke. Shall we sit about some Reuels?
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.i.301What need a man care for a stock with a wench,What neede a man care for a stock with a wench,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.i.302when she can knit him a stock?When she can knit him a stocke?
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.93A gentler scion to the wildest stock,A gentler Sien, to the wildest Stocke,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1063 He shall not boast who did thy stock pollute He shall not boast who did thy stocke pollute,

Glossary

 22 result(s).
breedlineage, inheritance, stock
commoditysupply, quantity, stock, consignment
flouting-stocklaughing-stock, object of derision
formalstock, regular, conventionally portrayed
kindbreed, lineage, stock, family
laughterlaughing-stock, object of scorn
namefamily, stock, kin
nether-stockstocking for the lower leg
pointing-stockobject to be pointed at, laughing-stock, butt
raceorigin, stock, ancestry
staledupe, sap, laughing-stock
stocktree, family-tree, ancestry
stock[fencing] thrust with the dagger-point
stockput in the stocks
stockstem, trunk, tree
stockdowry, wedding endowment
stockstocking
stocksenseless person, stupid individual
stock-punishedpunished by being put in the stocks
stogWelsh pronunciation of 'stock'
stuffstock-in-trade, merchandise
vloutingdialect form of ‘flouting-stock’ [= laughing-stock, object of derision]

Thesaurus

 11 result(s).
laughing-stockflouting-stock
laughing-stocklaughter
laughing-stockpointing-stock
laughing-stockstale
stockbreed
stockcommodity
stockformal
stockkind
stockname
stockrace
stock-in-tradestuff

Themes and Topics

 3 result(s).
Clothing
Past tenses... mv iv i 77 graft her royal stock grafted r3 iii vii 126 he...
Welsh

Words Families

 19 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
LINSTOCKBASICsee STOCK
STOCKBASICstock n, stock v, stockish adj
STOCKCLOTHINGfilthy-worsted-stocking adj, nether-stock n, puke-stocking n, stock n, stocking n
STOCKFISHstockfish n
STOCKOBJECTlinstock n, whipstock n
STOCKPEOPLElaughing-stock n, pointing-stock n, vlouting-stock n
STOCKSTATEstock-punished adj
STOCKFISHBASICsee STOCK
STOCKINGBASICsee STOCK
VLOUTING-STOCKBASICsee STOCK

Snippets

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the yellow stockings speech
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