Stock-still

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stock-still \Stock"-still`\, a. [CF. G. stock-still.]
     Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           His whole work stands stock-still.       --Sterne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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