2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to
supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with
goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle
and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a
permanent growth, especially of grass.
3. To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more
previous to sale, as cows.
4. To put in the stocks. [R.] --Shak.
{To stock an anchor} (Naut.), to fit it with a stock, or to
fasten the stock firmly in place.
{To stock cards} (Card Playing), to arrange cards in a
certain manner for cheating purposes. [Cant]