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Webster 1913 Edition
Sock
Sock
,Noun.
[F.
soc
, LL. soccus
, perhaps of Celtic origin.] A plowshare.
Edin. Encyc.
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
. Great Fletcher never treads in buskin here,
Nor greater Jonson dares in
Nor greater Jonson dares in
socks
appear. Dryden.
2.
A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.
3.
A warm inner sole for a shoe.
Simmonds.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sock
SOCK
,Noun.
1.
The shoe of the ancient actors of comedy. Hence the word is used for comedy, and opposed to buskin or tragedy. Great Fletcher never teads in buskin here, nor greater Jonson dares in socks appear.2.
A garment for the foot, like the foot of a stocking.3.
A plowshare.