What is the name meaning of STOCKING. Phrases containing STOCKING
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English : nickname for a refined person, sometimes no doubt given ironically, from Old French, Middle English curteis, co(u)rtois ‘refined’, ‘accomplished’ (a derivative of Old French court, see Court 1).English : from Middle English curt ‘short’ + hose ‘leggings’, hence a nickname for a short person or one who wore short stockings. This nickname was borne by William the Conqueror’s son Robert, but it is not clear whether it has given rise to any surnames.Altered form of French Courtois.
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English : topographic name from Middle English stocking ‘ground cleared of stumps’.South German : habitational name from any of several places in Bavaria and Styria named Stocking.
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v. t.
To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
n.
A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.
v. t.
To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.
n.
Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.
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Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.
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Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.
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A stocking weaver.
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Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like.
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A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.
v. t.
A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
v. t.
To dress in GBs.
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Deprived of stockings.
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An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made.
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A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings).
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A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.
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Destitute of stockings.
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One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
v. t.
To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Stock
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In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.