*sock*

n. same as bobbysoxer.
Syn. -- bobbysoxer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a sock that reaches just above the ankle.
Syn. -- anklet, anklets, bobbysock. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. casaque, fr. It. casacca, perh. fr. L. casa cottage, in It., house; or of Slavic origin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy of certain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually outer garment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Clothed with a cassock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scot. hassock, hassik, a besom, anything bushy, a large, round turf used as a seat, OE. hassok sedgy ground, W. hesgog sedgy, hesg sedge, rushes; cf. Ir. seisg, and E. sedge. ] 1. A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock. Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use. [ 1913 Webster ]

And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. soc, LL. soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin. ] A plowshare. Edin. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. sock, AS. socc, fr. L. soccus a kind of low-heeled, light shoe. Cf. Sucket. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great Fletcher never treads in buskin here,
Nor greater Jonson dares in socks appear. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A warm inner sole for a shoe. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Perh. shortened fr. sockdolager. ] To hurl, drive, or strike violently; -- often with it as an object. [ Prov. or Vulgar ] Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. to save (money); to put (something) into a reserve store. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

n. [ A corruption of doxology. ] [ Written also sockdologer. ] 1. That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Angling) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Something unusually large. [ Slang, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L. soccus. See Sock a covering for the foot. ] 1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Electricity) the receptacle of an electric lamp into which a light bulb is inserted, containing contacts to conduct electricity to the bulb. [ PJC ]

4. (Electricity) the receptacle fixed in a wall and connected by conductive wiring to an electrical supply, containing contacts to conduct electricity, and into which the plug of an electrical device is inserted; -- called also a wall socket or outlet. The socket will typically have two or three contacts; if three, the third is connected to a ground for safety. [ PJC ]

And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Socket bolt (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt. --
Socket chisel. Same as Framing chisel. See under Framing. --
Socket pipe, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe. --
Socket pole, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [ U.S. ] --
Socket wrench, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a narrow or deep recess. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a socket. Dawkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to cause (an airport) to cease functioning, by severe weather conditions, such as fog or a snowstorm. Used often in the passive; the airport was socked in for two days by a blizzard. [ PJC ]

a. Destitute of socks or shoes. B. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wet; soaky. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Tussock. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Tuz. ] [ Written also tussuck. ] 1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tussock grass. (Bot.) (a) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis (Dactylis caespitosa), valuable for fodder, introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands. (b) A tufted grass (Aira caespitosa). (c) Any kind of sedge (Carex) which forms dense tufts in a wet meadow or boggy place. --
Tussock moth (Zool.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar. They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks, or tufts. [ 1913 Webster ]