'Stock-still' definitions:
Definition of 'stock-still'
(from WordNet)
adverb
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, stock-still]
adjective
Absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted in astonishment" [syn: frozen(p), rooted(p), stock-still]
Definition of 'Stock-still'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]