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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  An  exclusive  privilege  formerly  claimed  by  millers  of 
  grinding  all  the  corn  used  within  the  manor  or  township 
  which  the  mill  stands.  [Eng.] 
 
  {Soc  and  sac}  (O.  Eng.  Law),  the  full  right  of  administering 
  justice  in  a  manor  or  lordship. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sock  \Sock\,  n.  [F.  soc,  LL  soccus,  perhaps  of  Celtic  origin.] 
  A  plowshare.  --Edin.  Encyc. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sock 
  n  1:  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  sleeve},  {drogue}] 
  v  :  hit  hard  [syn:  {bop},  {whop},  {whap},  {bonk},  {bash}]




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