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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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