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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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.

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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.

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

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

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

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