Show P P P P P P F P F P P P F r r r P THE ROMANCE OF WORDS STOCK B ELONGINO to the class ot words of multiple meanings stock Is employed in probably more different ways than any other word in n the english lan gua genot excepting post we speak of live ih e sto in trade the village stocks the stock of a gun the stock stocks in which ships are built the stocks which men mca formerly wore around icar necks stocks and bonds soup stock and many other different applications of the erme word all are derived from and were originally the past participle elpio of he the verb to stick bein joined together by b the common Vea of fixedness thus the stock of a gun Is U thai that portion to which the barrel Is affixed the tillage village stocks were a fona form of punish parish ment which necessitated the placing of the feet in p certain position stock block in trade Is a died capital and fin antia stocks are those in lit which the money sticks fast because those who place it there receive only the interest the stocks which men wore wom around their necks were firmly placed and arid the SOUP stock Is the fixed axed or pressed essence of the meat in to this way one word itself obsolete la in its us particular tonn form hae hoss been responsible for a large md and growing family co 6 by wheeler rieu ri iu in N |