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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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