a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod, a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked, Plural form of stock, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stockstocks

A facility that provides veterinary care for sick or injured animals, Now, specifically, an establishment or institution for the care of the sick or wounded, or of such as require medical or surgical treatment, A building designed to diagnose and treat the sick, injured or dying Usually has a staff of doctors and nurses to aid in the treatment of patients, adjective_ obsolete Hospitable,

A person who is licensed to practice medicine and has trained at a school of medicine, chiropractic, optometry, podiatry, dentistry, or veterinary medicine, Same as doctor-fish, A practitioner of alternative medicine or folk medicine who does not have traditional medical credentials, intransitive verb_ To repair, especially in a makeshift manner; rig, To alter or modify for a specific end, To practice medicine, transitive verb_ To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor, Slang To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate