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English Dictionary: stock-still by the DICT Development Group
2 results for stock-still
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stock-still
adv
  1. without moving or making a sound; "he sat still as a statue"; "time stood still"; "they waited stock-still outside the door"; "he couldn't hold still any longer"
    Synonym(s): still, stock-still
adj
  1. absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted in astonishment"
    Synonym(s): frozen(p), rooted(p), stock-still
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stock-still \Stock"-still`\, a. [CF. G. stock-still.]
      Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still.
  
               His whole work stands stock-still.         --Sterne.
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