“I think it's simply become a stock phrase that people use without parsing.”

“My cousin said he prayed that her prophecy might come true, but I remained hard and stockish.”

“Lorenzo goes on to describe the calming effect of Orpheus's music on wild beasts: Since naught so stockish, hard, and full of rage But music for the time doth change his nature.”

“This applies in stock-based rotations, and is of course the basis for stockless rotations.”

“Hospitals also need to see whether the savings from going stockless are greater than the extra charges.”

“I have seen more than one guy bash his teeth out holding the stockless gun up near their face while shooting.”