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Linen :: Linen (n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking..

Shortclothes :: Shortclothes (n.) Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings..

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

Garter :: Garter (n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.

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

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..

Clock :: Clock (n.) A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.

Bluestockingism :: Bluestockingism (n.) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.

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..

Footglove :: Footglove (n.) A kind of stocking.

Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one..

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..

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..

Welt :: Welt (n.) In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed..

Bluestocking :: Bluestocking (n.) A literary lady; a female pedant.

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

Stock :: Stocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stoc.

Stock :: Stock (n.) A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings)..

Overstocking :: Overstocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overstoc.

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

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