| slovo | definícia |
sock
(encz) | sock,herda n: Zdeněk Brož |
sock
(encz) | sock,ponožka n: |
sock
(encz) | sock,praštit v: Zdeněk Brož |
sock
(encz) | sock,úder n: Zdeněk Brož |
sock
(gcide) | Soc \Soc\ (s[o^]k), n. [AS. s[=o]c the power of holding court,
sway, domain, properly, the right of investigating or
seeking; akin to E. sake, seek. Sake, Seek, and cf.
Sac, and Soke.] [Written also sock, and soke.]
1. (O. Eng. Law)
(a) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a
district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of
causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
(b) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary
burdens.
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2. An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of
grinding all the corn used within the manor or township
which the mill stands. [Eng.]
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Soc and sac (O. Eng. Law), the full right of administering
justice in a manor or lordship.
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Sock
(gcide) | Sock \Sock\, n. [F. soc, LL. soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
A plowshare. --Edin. Encyc.
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Sock
(gcide) | 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.
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Great Fletcher never treads in buskin here,
Nor greater Jonson dares in socks appear. --Dryden.
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2. A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a
stocking with a short leg.
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3. A warm inner sole for a shoe. --Simmonds.
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Sock
(gcide) | Sock \Sock\ (s[o^]k), v. t. [Perh. shortened fr. sockdolager.]
To hurl, drive, or strike violently; -- often with it as an
object. [Prov. or Vulgar] --Kipling.
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sock
(wn) | sock
n 1: hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn
inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee
2: a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at
airports) to show the direction of the wind [syn: windsock,
wind sock, sock, air sock, air-sleeve, wind sleeve,
wind cone, drogue]
v 1: hit hard [syn: sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk,
bash] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
socket
(mass) | socket
- zásuvka, soket |
cassock
(encz) | cassock,sutana Jaroslav Šedivý |
cassocked
(encz) | cassocked,oblečený do sutany Zdeněk Brožcassocked,oděný klerikou Zdeněk Brož |
dry socket
(encz) | dry socket, n: |
electric socket
(encz) | electric socket, n: |
eye socket
(encz) | eye socket, n: |
hassock
(encz) | hassock,poduška n: Zdeněk Brož |
hip socket
(encz) | hip socket, n: |
jack socket
(encz) | jack socket,jack zásuvka n: [tech.] female - samice Pino |
knee-length sock
(encz) | knee-length sock,podkolenka |
knock your socks off
(encz) | knock your socks off, |
plumed tussock
(encz) | plumed tussock, n: |
pull up your socks
(encz) | pull up your socks, |
rocks socks*
(encz) | rocks socks*, |
sock
(encz) | sock,herda n: Zdeněk Brožsock,ponožka n: sock,praštit v: Zdeněk Brožsock,úder n: Zdeněk Brož |
sock it to me
(encz) | sock it to me, |
socket
(encz) | socket,jamka n: [tech.] www,cartime,eusocket,nástrčkový klíč n: [tech.] www,cartime.eusocket,zástrčka n: opak zásuvky |
socket wrench
(encz) | socket wrench, n: |
sockets
(encz) | sockets,zástrčky n: pl. opak zásuvek web |
sockeye
(encz) | sockeye, n: |
sockeye salmon
(encz) | sockeye salmon, |
socks
(encz) | socks,ponožky n: pl. |
sweat sock
(encz) | sweat sock, n: |
tooth socket
(encz) | tooth socket, n: |
tussock
(encz) | tussock,trs trávy Zdeněk Brož |
tussock bellflower
(encz) | tussock bellflower, n: |
tussock caterpillar
(encz) | tussock caterpillar, n: |
tussock moth
(encz) | tussock moth, n: |
tussocky
(encz) | tussocky,trsovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
varsity sock
(encz) | varsity sock, n: |
wall socket
(encz) | wall socket,zásuvka n: zásuvka elektrická - na zdi sheeryjay |
wind sock
(encz) | wind sock, n: |
windsock
(encz) | windsock,větrný pytel n: Zdeněk Brož |
woonsocket
(encz) | Woonsocket, |
Ball and socket joint
(gcide) | Ball \Ball\ (b[add]l), n. [OE. bal, balle; akin to OHG. balla,
palla, G. ball, Icel. b["o]llr, ball; cf. F. balle. Cf. 1st
Bale, n., Pallmall.]
1. Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as,
a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
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2. A spherical body of any substance or size used to play
with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.
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3. A general name for games in which a ball is thrown,
kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.
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4. Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of
lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a
cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as,
powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms
are commonly called bullets.
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5. (Pyrotechnics & Mil.) A flaming, roundish body shot into
the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst
and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench;
as, a fire ball; a stink ball.
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6. (Print.) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle
called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for
inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.
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7. A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body;
as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.
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8. (Far.) A large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly
given to horses; a bolus. --White.
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9. The globe or earth. --Pope.
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Move round the dark terrestrial ball. --Addison.
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10. (Baseball) A pitched ball, not struck at by the batter,
which fails to pass over the home plate at a height not
greater than the batter's shoulder nor less than his knee
(i.e. it is outside the strike zone). If the pitcher
pitches four balls before three strikes are called, the
batter advances to first base, and the action of pitching
four balls is called a walk.
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10. a testicle; usually used in the plural. [vulgar]
[PJC]
11. pl. courage; nerve. [vulgar]
[PJC]
Ball and socket joint, a joint in which a ball moves within
a socket, so as to admit of motion in every direction
within certain limits.
Ball bearings, a mechanical device for lessening the
friction of axle bearings by means of small loose metal
balls.
Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a ball, as
distinguished from a blank cartridge, containing only
powder.
Ball cock, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by
the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of
a lever.
Ball gudgeon, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits
lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining
the pivot in its socket. --Knight.
Ball lever, the lever used in a ball cock.
Ball of the eye, the eye itself, as distinguished from its
lids and socket; -- formerly, the pupil of the eye.
Ball valve (Mach.), a contrivance by which a ball, placed
in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a
valve.
Ball vein (Mining), a sort of iron ore, found in loose
masses of a globular form, containing sparkling particles.
Three balls, or Three golden balls, a pawnbroker's sign
or shop.
on the ball alert; competent and knowledgeable.
to carry the ball to carry on the task; to assume the
responsibility.
to drop the ball to fail to perform as expected; to fail to
live up to a responsibility.
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Syn: See Globe.
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Bassock
(gcide) | Bassock \Bas"sock\, n.
A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.
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bayonet socket
(gcide) | Bayonet \Bay"o*net\, n. [F. bayonnette, ba["i]onnette; -- so
called, it is said, because the first bayonets were made at
Bayonne.]
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1. (Mil.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on
the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier
increased means of offense and defense.
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Note: Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which
required to be fitted into the bore of the musket after
the soldier had fired.
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2. (Mach.) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to
receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage
parts of the machinery.
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Bayonet clutch. See Clutch.
Bayonet joint, a form of coupling similar to that by which
a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket. --Knight.
bayonet mount, (photography) a coupling mechanism for
attaching removable lenses to the body of a camera, using
a bayonet socket.
bayonet socket, a coupling mechanism for attaching matching
cylindrical parts to each other, where each of which has
an arced L-shaped slot with the longer side perpendicular
to the axis of the cylinder, such that the slots slide
inside each other. There is also usually a knoblike
projection on the mount so that when the two parts to be
connected are fully inserted in proper alignment, they are
locked in place. It is designed for rapid coupling and
decoupling, requiring the turning of one part through only
a small arc, in place of a screw-type arrangement, which
requires several full turns.
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bobbysocker
(gcide) | bobbysocker \bobbysocker\ n.
same as bobbysoxer.
Syn: bobbysoxer.
[WordNet 1.5] |
bobbysocks
(gcide) | bobbysocks \bob"by*socks`\ n.
a sock that reaches just above the ankle.
Syn: anklet, anklets, bobbysock.
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Cassock
(gcide) | Cassock \Cas"sock\, n. [F. casaque, fr. It. casacca, perh. fr.
L. casa cottage, in It., house; or of Slavic origin.]
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1. A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as
well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.
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2. (Eccl.) A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the
clergy of certain churches when officiating, and by others
as the usually outer garment.
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Cassocked
(gcide) | Cassocked \Cas"socked\, a.
Clothed with a cassock.
[1913 Webster]clothed \clothed\ adj.
1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: {adorned(predicate),
bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked
out(predicate)}; {appareled, attired, clad, dressed,
garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; {arrayed,
panoplied}; breeched, pantalooned, trousered;
bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed:
decent] [Narrower terms: dight] [Narrower terms:
{dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to
kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up}]
[Narrower terms: gowned] [Narrower terms: habited]
[Narrower terms: heavy-coated] [Narrower terms:
overdressed] [Narrower terms: petticoated] [Narrower
terms: red-coated, lobster-backed] [Narrower terms:
surpliced] [Narrower terms: {togged dressed esp in smart
clothes)}] [Narrower terms: turned out] [Narrower terms:
underdressed] [Narrower terms: uniformed] [Narrower
terms: vestmented] Also See: adorned, decorated.
Antonym: unclothed.
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2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
fog-cloaked meadows
Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
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cassocked
(gcide) | Cassocked \Cas"socked\, a.
Clothed with a cassock.
[1913 Webster]clothed \clothed\ adj.
1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: {adorned(predicate),
bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked
out(predicate)}; {appareled, attired, clad, dressed,
garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; {arrayed,
panoplied}; breeched, pantalooned, trousered;
bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed:
decent] [Narrower terms: dight] [Narrower terms:
{dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to
kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up}]
[Narrower terms: gowned] [Narrower terms: habited]
[Narrower terms: heavy-coated] [Narrower terms:
overdressed] [Narrower terms: petticoated] [Narrower
terms: red-coated, lobster-backed] [Narrower terms:
surpliced] [Narrower terms: {togged dressed esp in smart
clothes)}] [Narrower terms: turned out] [Narrower terms:
underdressed] [Narrower terms: uniformed] [Narrower
terms: vestmented] Also See: adorned, decorated.
Antonym: unclothed.
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2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
fog-cloaked meadows
Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
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Hassock
(gcide) | Hassock \Has"sock\ (h[a^]s"s[u^]k), n. [Scot. hassock, hassik, a
besom, anything bushy, a large, round turf used as a seat,
OE. hassok sedgy ground, W. hesgog sedgy, hesg sedge, rushes;
cf. Ir. seisg, and E. sedge.]
1. A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock. --Forby.
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2. A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in
church, or for home use.
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And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced.
--Cowper.
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sock
(gcide) | Soc \Soc\ (s[o^]k), n. [AS. s[=o]c the power of holding court,
sway, domain, properly, the right of investigating or
seeking; akin to E. sake, seek. Sake, Seek, and cf.
Sac, and Soke.] [Written also sock, and soke.]
1. (O. Eng. Law)
(a) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a
district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of
causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
(b) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary
burdens.
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2. An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of
grinding all the corn used within the manor or township
which the mill stands. [Eng.]
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Soc and sac (O. Eng. Law), the full right of administering
justice in a manor or lordship.
[1913 Webster]Sock \Sock\, n. [F. soc, LL. soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
A plowshare. --Edin. Encyc.
[1913 Webster]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.
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Great Fletcher never treads in buskin here,
Nor greater Jonson dares in socks appear. --Dryden.
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2. A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a
stocking with a short leg.
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3. A warm inner sole for a shoe. --Simmonds.
[1913 Webster]Sock \Sock\ (s[o^]k), v. t. [Perh. shortened fr. sockdolager.]
To hurl, drive, or strike violently; -- often with it as an
object. [Prov. or Vulgar] --Kipling.
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Sock away
(gcide) | Sock away \Sock away\, v. t.
to save (money); to put (something) into a reserve store.
[Colloq.]
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Sock in
(gcide) | Sock in \Sock in\, v. t.
to cause (an airport) to cease functioning, by severe weather
conditions, such as fog or a snowstorm. Used often in the
passive; the airport was socked in for two days by a
blizzard.
[PJC] |
Sockdolager
(gcide) | Sockdolager \Sock*dol"a*ger\, n. [A corruption of doxology.]
[Written also sockdologer.]
1. That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser,
as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.
[Slang, U.S.]
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2. (Angling) A combination of two hooks which close upon each
other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.
[U. S.]
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3. Something unusually large. [Slang, U. S.]
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sockdologer
(gcide) | Sockdolager \Sock*dol"a*ger\, n. [A corruption of doxology.]
[Written also sockdologer.]
1. That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser,
as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.
[Slang, U.S.]
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2. (Angling) A combination of two hooks which close upon each
other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.
[U. S.]
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3. Something unusually large. [Slang, U. S.]
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Socket
(gcide) | Socket \Sock"et\, n. [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L.
soccus. See Sock a covering for the foot.]
1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing
or place which receives and holds something else; as, the
sockets of the teeth.
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His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. --Dryden.
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2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is
fixed in the candlestick.
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3. (Electricity) the receptacle of an electric lamp into
which a light bulb is inserted, containing contacts to
conduct electricity to the bulb.
[PJC]
4. (Electricity) the receptacle fixed in a wall and connected
by conductive wiring to an electrical supply, containing
contacts to conduct electricity, and into which the plug
of an electrical device is inserted; -- called also a
wall socket or outlet. The socket will typically have
two or three contacts; if three, the third is connected to
a ground for safety.
[PJC]
And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. --Dryden.
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Socket bolt (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble
that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt.
Socket chisel. Same as Framing chisel. See under
Framing.
Socket pipe, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive
the end of a connecting pipe.
Socket pole, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a
socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.]
Socket wrench, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end
of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a
narrow or deep recess.
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Socket bolt
(gcide) | Socket \Sock"et\, n. [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L.
soccus. See Sock a covering for the foot.]
1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing
or place which receives and holds something else; as, the
sockets of the teeth.
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His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. --Dryden.
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2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is
fixed in the candlestick.
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3. (Electricity) the receptacle of an electric lamp into
which a light bulb is inserted, containing contacts to
conduct electricity to the bulb.
[PJC]
4. (Electricity) the receptacle fixed in a wall and connected
by conductive wiring to an electrical supply, containing
contacts to conduct electricity, and into which the plug
of an electrical device is inserted; -- called also a
wall socket or outlet. The socket will typically have
two or three contacts; if three, the third is connected to
a ground for safety.
[PJC]
And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. --Dryden.
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Socket bolt (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble
that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt.
Socket chisel. Same as Framing chisel. See under
Framing.
Socket pipe, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive
the end of a connecting pipe.
Socket pole, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a
socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.]
Socket wrench, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end
of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a
narrow or deep recess.
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Socket chisel
(gcide) | Socket \Sock"et\, n. [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L.
soccus. See Sock a covering for the foot.]
1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing
or place which receives and holds something else; as, the
sockets of the teeth.
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His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. --Dryden.
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2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is
fixed in the candlestick.
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3. (Electricity) the receptacle of an electric lamp into
which a light bulb is inserted, containing contacts to
conduct electricity to the bulb.
[PJC]
4. (Electricity) the receptacle fixed in a wall and connected
by conductive wiring to an electrical supply, containing
contacts to conduct electricity, and into which the plug
of an electrical device is inserted; -- called also a
wall socket or outlet. The socket will typically have
two or three contacts; if three, the third is connected to
a ground for safety.
[PJC]
And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Socket bolt (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble
that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt.
Socket chisel. Same as Framing chisel. See under
Framing.
Socket pipe, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive
the end of a connecting pipe.
Socket pole, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a
socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.]
Socket wrench, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end
of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a
narrow or deep recess.
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Socket pipe
(gcide) | Socket \Sock"et\, n. [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L.
soccus. See Sock a covering for the foot.]
1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing
or place which receives and holds something else; as, the
sockets of the teeth.
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His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. --Dryden.
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2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is
fixed in the candlestick.
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3. (Electricity) the receptacle of an electric lamp into
which a light bulb is inserted, containing contacts to
conduct electricity to the bulb.
[PJC]
4. (Electricity) the receptacle fixed in a wall and connected
by conductive wiring to an electrical supply, containing
contacts to conduct electricity, and into which the plug
of an electrical device is inserted; -- called also a
wall socket or outlet. The socket will typically have
two or three contacts; if three, the third is connected to
a ground for safety.
[PJC]
And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. --Dryden.
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Socket bolt (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble
that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt.
Socket chisel. Same as Framing chisel. See under
Framing.
Socket pipe, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive
the end of a connecting pipe.
Socket pole, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a
socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.]
Socket wrench, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end
of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a
narrow or deep recess.
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Socket pole
(gcide) | Socket \Sock"et\, n. [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L.
soccus. See Sock a covering for the foot.]
1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing
or place which receives and holds something else; as, the
sockets of the teeth.
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His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. --Dryden.
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2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is
fixed in the candlestick.
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3. (Electricity) the receptacle of an electric lamp into
which a light bulb is inserted, containing contacts to
conduct electricity to the bulb.
[PJC]
4. (Electricity) the receptacle fixed in a wall and connected
by conductive wiring to an electrical supply, containing
contacts to conduct electricity, and into which the plug
of an electrical device is inserted; -- called also a
wall socket or outlet. The socket will typically have
two or three contacts; if three, the third is connected to
a ground for safety.
[PJC]
And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Socket bolt (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble
that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt.
Socket chisel. Same as Framing chisel. See under
Framing.
Socket pipe, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive
the end of a connecting pipe.
Socket pole, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a
socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.]
Socket wrench, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end
of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a
narrow or deep recess.
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Socket wrench
(gcide) | Socket \Sock"et\, n. [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L.
soccus. See Sock a covering for the foot.]
1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing
or place which receives and holds something else; as, the
sockets of the teeth.
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His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. --Dryden.
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2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is
fixed in the candlestick.
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3. (Electricity) the receptacle of an electric lamp into
which a light bulb is inserted, containing contacts to
conduct electricity to the bulb.
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4. (Electricity) the receptacle fixed in a wall and connected
by conductive wiring to an electrical supply, containing
contacts to conduct electricity, and into which the plug
of an electrical device is inserted; -- called also a
wall socket or outlet. The socket will typically have
two or three contacts; if three, the third is connected to
a ground for safety.
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And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. --Dryden.
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Socket bolt (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble
that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt.
Socket chisel. Same as Framing chisel. See under
Framing.
Socket pipe, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive
the end of a connecting pipe.
Socket pole, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a
socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.]
Socket wrench, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end
of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a
narrow or deep recess.
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Socketed
(gcide) | Socketed \Sock"et*ed\, a.
Having a socket. --Dawkins.
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Sockless
(gcide) | Sockless \Sock"less\, a.
Destitute of socks or shoes. --B. & Fl.
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Socky
(gcide) | Socky \Sock"y\, a.
Wet; soaky. [Prov. Eng.]
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Thussock
(gcide) | Thussock \Thus"sock\, n.
See Tussock. [Obs.]
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Tussock
(gcide) | Tussock \Tus"sock\, n. [From Tuz.] [Written also tussuck.]
1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially,
a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
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Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts.
--Latimer.
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2. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass, below.
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3. (Zool.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of
bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered
with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species
are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also
tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
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Tussock grass. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis
(Dactylis caespitosa), valuable for fodder,
introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands.
(b) A tufted grass (Aira caespitosa).
(c) Any kind of sedge (Carex) which forms dense tufts in
a wet meadow or boggy place.
Tussock moth (Zool.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar.
They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera.
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tussock caterpillar
(gcide) | Tussock \Tus"sock\, n. [From Tuz.] [Written also tussuck.]
1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially,
a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
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Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts.
--Latimer.
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2. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass, below.
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3. (Zool.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of
bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered
with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species
are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also
tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
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Tussock grass. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis
(Dactylis caespitosa), valuable for fodder,
introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands.
(b) A tufted grass (Aira caespitosa).
(c) Any kind of sedge (Carex) which forms dense tufts in
a wet meadow or boggy place.
Tussock moth (Zool.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar.
They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera.
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Tussock grass
(gcide) | Tussock \Tus"sock\, n. [From Tuz.] [Written also tussuck.]
1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially,
a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
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Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts.
--Latimer.
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2. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass, below.
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3. (Zool.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of
bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered
with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species
are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also
tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
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Tussock grass. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis
(Dactylis caespitosa), valuable for fodder,
introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands.
(b) A tufted grass (Aira caespitosa).
(c) Any kind of sedge (Carex) which forms dense tufts in
a wet meadow or boggy place.
Tussock moth (Zool.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar.
They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera.
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Tussock moth
(gcide) | Tussock \Tus"sock\, n. [From Tuz.] [Written also tussuck.]
1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially,
a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
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Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts.
--Latimer.
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2. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass, below.
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3. (Zool.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of
bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered
with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species
are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also
tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
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Tussock grass. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis
(Dactylis caespitosa), valuable for fodder,
introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands.
(b) A tufted grass (Aira caespitosa).
(c) Any kind of sedge (Carex) which forms dense tufts in
a wet meadow or boggy place.
Tussock moth (Zool.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar.
They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera.
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Tussocky
(gcide) | Tussocky \Tus"sock*y\, a.
Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with,
tussocks, or tufts.
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Unsocket
(gcide) | Unsocket \Un*sock"et\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + socket.]
To loose or take from a socket.
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wall socket
(gcide) | Socket \Sock"et\, n. [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L.
soccus. See Sock a covering for the foot.]
1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing
or place which receives and holds something else; as, the
sockets of the teeth.
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His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. --Dryden.
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2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is
fixed in the candlestick.
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3. (Electricity) the receptacle of an electric lamp into
which a light bulb is inserted, containing contacts to
conduct electricity to the bulb.
[PJC]
4. (Electricity) the receptacle fixed in a wall and connected
by conductive wiring to an electrical supply, containing
contacts to conduct electricity, and into which the plug
of an electrical device is inserted; -- called also a
wall socket or outlet. The socket will typically have
two or three contacts; if three, the third is connected to
a ground for safety.
[PJC]
And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. --Dryden.
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Socket bolt (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble
that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt.
Socket chisel. Same as Framing chisel. See under
Framing.
Socket pipe, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive
the end of a connecting pipe.
Socket pole, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a
socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.]
Socket wrench, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end
of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a
narrow or deep recess.
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air sock
(wn) | air sock
n 1: a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at
airports) to show the direction of the wind [syn:
windsock, wind sock, sock, air sock, air-sleeve,
wind sleeve, wind cone, drogue] |
athletic sock
(wn) | athletic sock
n 1: a sock worn for athletic events [syn: athletic sock,
sweat sock, varsity sock] |
ball-and-socket joint
(wn) | ball-and-socket joint
n 1: a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one
bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone [syn:
ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, {cotyloid
joint}, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, {articulatio
spheroidea}]
2: a joint that can rotate within a socket |
bobby-socker
(wn) | bobby-socker
n 1: an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the
1940s) [syn: bobbysoxer, bobby-socker] |
bobbysock
(wn) | bobbysock
n 1: a sock that reaches just above the ankle [syn: anklet,
anklets, bobbysock, bobbysocks] |
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