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Varicose :: Varicose (a.) Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like..

Clock :: Clock (v. t.) To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking..

Hogger :: Hogger (n.) A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work..

Shoddy :: Shoddy (v. t.) A fibrous material obtained by deviling, or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo..

Narrow :: Narrow (v. t.) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one..

Frame :: Frame (n.) A term applied, especially in England, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc..

Unstockinged :: Unstockinged (a.) Destitute of stockings.

Basbleu :: Basbleu (n.) A bluestocking; a literary woman.

Hose :: Hose (n.) Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.

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..

Narrowing :: Narrowing (n.) The part of a stocking which is narrowed.

Stockinger :: Stocking (v. t.) To dress in GBs.

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..

Foot :: Foot (n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking..

Boothose :: Boothose (n.) Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots..

Footing :: Footing (n.) The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking..

Luddite :: Luddite (n.) One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames..

Unravel :: Unravel (v. t.) To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking..

Blue :: Blue (superl.) Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.

Foot :: Foot (v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking..

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