Definition of sock

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Sock (n.) The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin..

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Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier..
Cassocked :: Cassocked (a.) Clothed with a cassock.
Tussock :: Tussock (n.) Same as Tussock grass, below..
Thussock :: Thussock (n.) See Tussock.
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
Hassock :: Hassock (n.) A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.
Tussocky :: Tussocky (a.) Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks, or tufts..
Hassock :: Hassock (n.) A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use..
Thecodont :: Thecodont (a.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
Bass :: Bass (n.) A hassock or thick mat.
Tonophant :: Tonophant (n.) A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket..
Sock :: Sock (n.) A plowshare.
Cassock :: Cassock (n.) A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform..
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..
Capstan :: Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket..
Tussuck :: Tussuck (n.) See Tussock.
Bridgepot :: Bridgepot (n.) The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle..
Tussock :: Tussock (n.) A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge..
Alveolus :: Alveolus (n.) A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc..
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