stock-still

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stock-still - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stock-still \Stock"-still`\, a. [CF. G. stock-still.]
     Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still.
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           His whole work stands stock-still.       --Sterne.
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stock-still - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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"
             [syn: still, stock-still]
      adj 1: absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood
             rooted in astonishment" [syn: frozen(p), rooted(p),
             stock-still]