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Definition of Sock
Sock Socialism Socialism, n.
Socialism of the chair [G. katheder socialismus], a term
applied about 1872, at first in ridicule, to a group of
German political economists who advocated state aid for
the betterment of the working classes. Sock Sock, v. t.
[Perh. shortened fr. sockdolager.]
To hurl, drive, or strike violently; -- often with it as an
object. [Prov. or Vulgar] --Kipling.
Sock Sock Sock, n. [F. soc, LL. soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
A plowshare. --Edin. Encyc.
Sock Sock Sock, n. [OE. sock, AS. socc, fr. L. soccus a kind of
low-heeled, light shoe. Cf. Sucket.]
1. The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and
Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic
drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized
by the buskin.
Great Fletcher never treads in buskin here, Nor
greater Jonson dares in socks appear. --Dryden.
2. A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a
stocking with a short leg.
3. A warm inner sole for a shoe. --Simmonds.
