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 Definitions for Sock: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Soc \Soc\ (s[o^]k), n. [AS. s[=o]c the power of holding court,
sway, domain, properly, the right of investigating or
seeking; akin to E. sake, seek. Sake, Seek, and cf.
Sac, and Soke.] [Written also sock, and soke.]
1. (O. Eng. Law)
(a) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a
district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of
causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
(b) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary
burdens.
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2. An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of
grinding all the corn used within the manor or township
which the mill stands. [Eng.]
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Soc and sac (O. Eng. Law), the full right of administering
justice in a manor or lordship.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Sock \Sock\, n. [F. soc, LL. soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
A plowshare. --Edin. Encyc.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Sock \Sock\, 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.
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Great Fletcher never treads in buskin here,
Nor greater Jonson dares in socks appear. --Dryden.
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2. A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a
stocking with a short leg.
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3. A warm inner sole for a shoe. --Simmonds.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Sock \Sock\ (s[o^]k), 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.]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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sock
n 1: hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn
inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the
knee
2: a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at
airports) to show the direction of the wind [syn: windsock,
air sock, wind sleeve, wind cone, drogue]
v : hit hard [syn: bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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104 Moby Thesaurus words for "sock":
ballet skirt, bang, bash, bat, beating, belt, biff, bladder, blow,
bonk, bonnet, boot, breech, buskin, cap, cap and bells, chop, clap,
clip, cloak, clobber, clout, clump, coat, coif, coldcock, costume,
coxcomb, crack, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, dig, ding,
dint, disguise, drub, drubbing, drumming, fetch, fetch a blow,
frock, fusillade, getup, gown, hat, hit, hit a clip, hood, hose,
hosiery, jab, jacket, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out,
let have it, lick, mantle, masquerade, motley, outfit, paste, pelt,
plunk, poke, pound, punch, rap, rig, shirt, shoe, slam, slapstick,
slog, slug, smack, smash, smite, snap, soak, socks, sough,
stocking, stockings, strike, strike at, stroke, swat, swing, swipe,
tattoo, thump, thwack, tights, tutu, wallop, whack, wham, whop,
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