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• Stocking — Stock ing, n. [From {Stock}, which was formerly used of a covering for the legs and feet, combining breeches, or upper stocks, and stockings, or nether stocks.] 1. A close fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stocking frame — Stocking Stock ing, n. [From {Stock}, which was formerly used of a covering for the legs and feet, combining breeches, or upper stocks, and stockings, or nether stocks.] 1. A close fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stocking — ► NOUN 1) either of a pair of separate close fitting nylon garments covering the foot and leg, worn especially by women. 2) US or archaic a long sock worn by men. 3) a real or ornamental stocking hung up by children on Christmas Eve for Father… …   English terms dictionary

• Stocking — This article is about the article of clothing primarily worn by women. For other uses, see Stocking (disambiguation). A pair of dark grey nylon stockings. A stocking, (also known as hose, especially in a historical context), is a close fitting,… …   Wikipedia

• stocking — n. 1 a either of a pair of long separate coverings for the legs and feet, usu. close woven in wool or nylon and worn esp. by women and girls. b esp. US = SOCK(1). 2 any close fitting garment resembling a stocking (bodystocking). 3 a differently… …   Useful english dictionary

• stocking — noun 1》 a woman s garment that fits closely over the foot and leg, typically made of fine knitted nylon yarn, held up by suspenders or an elasticated strip at the upper thigh.     ↘a cylindrical bandage or other medical covering for the leg… …   English new terms dictionary

• White — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the colour of milk or fresh snow. 2 approaching such a colour; pale esp. in the face (turned as white as a sheet). 3 less dark than other …   Useful english dictionary

• white — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the colour of milk or fresh snow. 2 approaching such a colour; pale esp. in the face (turned as white as a sheet). 3 less dark than other …   Useful english dictionary

• White spot syndrome — For other uses, see White spot (disambiguation). White spot syndrome Virus classification Group: Group I (dsDNA) Family: Nimaviridae Genus …   Wikipedia

• White, Henry Kirke — (1785 1806)    Born in Nottingham, where his father was a butcher, he worked briefly as a stocking weaver before being articled to a lawyer. He had some poems published in the Monthly Preceptor and the Monthly Mirror. To raise money to go to… …   British and Irish poets

• white crappie — noun a crappie that is white • Syn: ↑Pomoxis annularis • Hypernyms: ↑crappie * * * noun : a crappie (Pomoxis annularis) that is typically smaller and more silvery than the black crappie, highly esteemed as a panfish, and often used for stocking… …   Useful english dictionary