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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[From

, which was formerly used of a covering for the legs and feet, combining breeches, or upper stocks, and

stockings

, or nether stocks.]

A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.

Blue stocking

See

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Stocking frame

a machine for knitting stockings or other hosiery goods.

Verb.

To dress in GBs.

Dryden.

Noun.

[from stock.] A garment made to cover the leg.

Verb.

To dress in stockings.