His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. --Dryden.
2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is
fixed in the candlestick.
And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. --Dryden.
{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.