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stocks (n.)
[stocks 词源字典]
instrument of punishment and confinement formerly widely used in Europe and America (usually for vagrants and petty offenders), early 14c., from
stock
(n.1), because they consisted of large wooden blocks.
[stocks etymology, stocks origin, 英语词源]