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ˈgazing ˌstock
[f. gazing vbl. n. + stock.]
An object of the people's gaze; a person on whom others gaze or stare.
1535Coverdale Nahum iii. 7, I wil cast dyrte vpon y⊇, to make the be abhorred, and a gasynge stocke. 1566T. Underdown Thes. & Ariadne, A fayre woman is nothynge but a gasynge stocke of ydell folkes. 1650tr. Caussin's Ang. Peace 75 They are made gazing-stocks to others, and are formidable to themselves. 1751Phil. Trans. XLVII. 189 He was the gazing-stock and admiration of all people. 1840Lady C. Bury Hist. of Flirt xx, I am free, and not a gazing-stock for the world to jeer at. |