Definition of stocking

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

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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..
Barefoot :: Barefoot (a. & adv.) With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.
Blue :: Blue (n.) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
Unravel :: Unravel (v. t.) To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking..
Linen :: Linen (n.) Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking..
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..
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..
Stock :: Stocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stoc.
Varicose :: Varicose (a.) Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like..
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..
Narrowing :: Narrowing (n.) The part of a stocking which is narrowed.
Unstockinged :: Unstockinged (a.) Destitute of stockings.
Footglove :: Footglove (n.) A kind of 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..
Basbleu :: Basbleu (n.) A bluestocking; a literary woman.
Bluestockingism :: Bluestockingism (n.) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
Stock :: Stock (n.) A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings)..
Unstockinged :: Unstockinged (a.) Deprived of stockings.
Shoddy :: Shoddy (v. t.) A fibrous material obtained by deviling, or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo..
Narrow :: Narrow (v. t.) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one..
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