Meanings
- archaicnot comparablesimilestock still
And there you stand, doing nothing — absolutely still as a stock, though you see him beating your wife.
1899, William Gilmore Simms, Confession; or, The blind heart: a domestic story, page 1171 more example
the old woman was not so intent at her devotions, but she casting her eyes aside likewise saw a Purse in the Boys hand, missing her own soon knew that to be it, wherefore she and all the people came nearer the Boy, who stood still as a stock and said nothing to them
1674, Francis Kirkman, The English Rogue: Continued in the Life of Meriton Latroon And Other Extravagants, volume 3, page 213
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