Definition of sock

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Sock (n.) The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin..

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Soutane :: Soutane (n.) A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock..
Gomphiasis :: Gomphiasis (n.) A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets..
Hassock :: Hassock (n.) A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use..
Joint :: "Joint (n.) A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
Tussock :: Tussock (n.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
Odontotormae :: Odontotormae (n.pl.) An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis..
Sockdolager :: Sockdolager (n.) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites..
Thecodont :: Thecodont (a.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
Thecodontia :: Thecodontia (n. pl.) A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets.
Sock :: Sock (n.) A warm inner sole for a shoe.
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) An orbit, as of a star; a socket..
Bast :: Bast (n.) A thick mat or hassock. See 2d Bass, 2..
Tussuck :: Tussuck (n.) See Tussock.
Sock :: Sock (n.) A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.
Thussock :: Thussock (n.) See Tussock.
Tut :: Tut (n.) A hassock.
Glenoid :: Glenoid (a.) Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates..
Sockless :: Sockless (a.) Destitute of socks or shoes.
Tussocky :: Tussocky (a.) Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks, or tufts..
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