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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   stocks
       n 1: a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction
       2: a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving
          veterinary attention or while being shod
       3: a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy
          timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the
          hands) of an offender could be locked