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Bluestocking :: Bluestocking (n.) The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana).

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Ravel :: Ravel (v. t.) To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Stocking :: Stockinet (n.) An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made..

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

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