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

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

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

Sock :: Sock (n.) A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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..

Blue :: Blue (n.) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.

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

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

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..

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

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..

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