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

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

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

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

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

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

Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one..

Seam :: Seam (v. t.) To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting..

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

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..

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..

Stock :: Stocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stoc.

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

Blue :: Blue (superl.) Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.

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

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