rabbits, from 9 to 10 acres were required to carry a sheep. . .
. Thirteen trial wells had been put down on the holding, all
of which had bottomed on a drift of salt water. Four stock
routes passed through the area, one being the main stock route
from South-western Queensland. . . . Wild dogs had been
troublesome since the February rains. . . . There were
Government bores on the run."

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."

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