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 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.
In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Stock
n.
A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings).
n.
A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.
a.
Destitute of stockings.
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Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings.
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Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.
a.
Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like.
v. t.
A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
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Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.
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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.
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A stocking weaver.
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One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose.
v. t.
To dress in GBs.
v. t.
To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.
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An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made.
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Deprived of stockings.
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A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.
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.