still as a stock

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still as a stock (not comparable)

1. (simile, archaic) stock still
   • 1674, Francis Kirkman, The English Rogue: Continued in the Life of Meriton Latroon And Other Extravagants‎^[1], volume 3, page 213:

     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

   • 1899, William Gilmore Simms, Confession; or, The blind heart: a domestic story‎^[2], page 117:

     And there you stand, doing nothing — absolutely still as a stock, though you see him beating your wife.