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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..

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..

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

Hosier :: Hosier (n.) One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose..

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..

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

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..

Leg :: Leg (n.) The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers..

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

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

Hosiery :: Hosiery (n.) Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose..

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

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

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..

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

Pantaloon :: Pantaloon (n.) A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one..

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

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

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

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