Definition of stocking

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

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Leg :: Leg (n.) The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers..
Knit :: Knit (v. t.) To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings..
Footglove :: Footglove (n.) A kind of stocking.
Bluestockingism :: Bluestockingism (n.) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
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..
Foot :: Foot (v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking..
Hose :: Hose (n.) Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.
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..
Pantaloon :: Pantaloon (n.) A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one..
Blue :: Blue (superl.) Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.
Unstockinged :: Unstockinged (a.) Deprived of stockings.
Bluestocking :: Bluestocking (n.) The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana).
Hosier :: Hosier (n.) One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose..
Unravel :: Unravel (v. t.) To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking..
Barefoot :: Barefoot (a. & adv.) With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.
Bluestocking :: Bluestocking (n.) A literary lady; a female pedant.
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..
Narrowing :: Narrowing (n.) The part of a stocking which is narrowed.
Clock :: Clock (v. t.) To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking..
Shoddy :: Shoddy (v. t.) A fibrous material obtained by deviling, or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo..
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