Definition of stocking

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Stocking (n.) A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven..

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Narrowing :: Narrowing (n.) The part of a stocking which is narrowed.
Hosiery :: Hosiery (n.) Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose..
Overstocking :: Overstocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstoc.
Stocking :: Stocking (n.) A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven..
Pair :: Pair (n.) Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes..
Shortclothes :: Shortclothes (n.) Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings..
Flipe :: Flipe (v. t.) To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as a stocking in pulling off or for putting on..
Footglove :: Footglove (n.) A kind of stocking.
Hose :: Hose (n.) Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.
Stockish :: Stockinger (n.) A stocking weaver.
Seam :: Seam (v. t.) To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting..
Linen :: Linen (n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking..
Basbleu :: Basbleu (n.) A bluestocking; a literary woman.
Foot :: Foot (v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking..
Bluestockingism :: Bluestockingism (n.) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
Garter :: Garter (n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
Pantaloon :: Pantaloon (n.) A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one..
Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one..
Hypothec :: Hypothec (n.) A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent..
Widen :: Widen (v. t.) To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking..
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