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Webster 1913 Edition
Socket
1.
An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else;
as, the
. sockets
of the teethHis eyeballs in their hollow
sockets
sink. Dryden.
2.
Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.
And in the
sockets
oily bubbles dance. Dryden.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Socket
SOCK'ET
,Noun.
1.
The little hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. And in the sockets oily bubbles dance.2.
Any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as the sockets of the teeth or of the eyes. his eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. Gomphosis is the connection of a tooth to its socket.