1896. A. B. Paterson, `Man from Snowy River,' p. 51:
"Now Saltbush Bill was a drover tough, as ever the country
knew,
He had fought his way on the Great Stock Routes from the
sea to the Big Barcoo."
<hw>Stock-up</hw>, <i>v</i>. complete the number of animals on a station, so that it may carry its full complement.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. vii. p. 68:
"I shall decide to stock up as soon as the fences are finished."
<hw>Stock-whip</hw>, <i>n</i>. whip for driving cattle. See quotations.
1857. W. Howitt, `Tallangetta,' vol. i. p. 100:
"The stock-whip, with a handle about half a yard long and a thong of three yards long, of plaited bullock-hide, is a terrible instrument in the hands of a practised stockman. Its sound is the note of terror to the cattle; it is like the report of a blunderbuss, and the stockman at full gallop will hit any given spot on the beast that he is within reach of, and cut the piece away through the thickest hide that bull or bison ever wore."
1870. A. L. Gordon, `Bush Ballads,' p. 14:
"With a running fire of stock-whips and a fiery run of hoofs."