1872. C. H. Eden, `My Wife and I in Queensland,' p. 76:
"The stock-whip, which bears such a prominent part in all dealings with cattle, is from twelve to fourteen feet in length, with a short light handle of about fourteen inches long, to which it is attached by a leather keeper as on a hunting crop. . . . The whip is made of a carefully selected strip of green hide, great attention having been paid to curing it."
<hw>Stocks-man</hw>, <i>n</i>. an unusual form for <i>Stock-man</i> (q.v.).
1862. F. J. Jobson, `Australia,' c. vi. p. 145:
"We saw the stocksman seated upon his bony long-limbed steed."
<hw>Stone-lifter</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Melbourne name for the fish <i>Kathetostoma laeve</i>, Bl., family T<i>rachinidae</i>, one of the genera of the "Stargazers" (<i>Uranoscopina</i>), which have eyes on the surface of the head.
<hw>Stonewall</hw>, <i>v. intr</i>. (1) A Parliamentary term: to make use of the forms of the House so as to delay public business.
(2) To obstruct business at any meeting, chiefly by long-winded speeches.
(3) To play a slow game at cricket, blocking balls rather than making runs.
1876. `Victorian Hansard,' Jan., vol. xxii. p. 1387: