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Cowley (Gloucestershire). The name
originates from the Old
English words "
stocc,"
meaning "tree trunk" or "stump," and "wella,"
meaning "well," "spring...
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species refers not to the
stock of trade, but
comes from the Old
English "
stocc"
meaning "stump, post, stake, tree trunk, log,". Therefore, "stock dove"...
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tests were
performed by the
Space Telescope Operations Control Center (
STOCC) on four of HST's six gyros.
Gyros 1 and 2 were not able to be
tested due...
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bequemen Gebrauch auf
botanischen Excursionen (1837), p. 383. Aretius,
Stocc-Hornii et
Nessi [...]
description [...], a
Benedicto Are [...] dictate....
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Trumpet was
carved in two
halves and
bound together with
strips of bronze, with a
bronze mouthpiece.
Bemastocc (Old-English bem
trumpet +
stocc wood)...
- more
likely to come from the
alternative meaning for the
Anglo Saxon word
stocc,
which is an
outlying farm or
secondary settlement. The
guide to the parish...
- the New Town and by
Comely Bank. The name is
Scots stock brig from
Anglic stocc brycg,
meaning a
timber bridge.
Originally a
small outlying village, it...
- Anglo-Saxon
Stocc,
meaning log, tree trunk, or
wooden post.
Stockton could therefore mean a farm
built of logs. This is
disputed because when
Stocc forms the...
- "Stochestede", i.e. "the
stockaded or
enclosed place", from the Anglo-Saxon
stocc "stake" and Anglo-Saxon
stede "place" (found in many
English placenames...
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appeared in
records in 1157,
named Stoccingford,
derived from the Old
English Stocc; to root up trees. It
therefore has its
origin as a
clearance in a wood...
