Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stocking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stocking \Stock"ing\, n.
Any of various things resembling, or likened to, a stocking;
as:
(a) A broad ring of color, differing from the general color,
on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped; esp., a
white ring between the coronet and the hock or knee of a
dark-colored horse.
(b) A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually
converted by a special process into an incandescent
mantle for gas lighting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stock \Stock\ (st[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stocked}
(st[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stocking}.]
1. To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as
merchandise, and the like.
2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to
supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with
goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle
and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a
permanent growth, especially of grass.
3. To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more
previous to sale, as cows.
4. To put in the stocks. [R.] --Shak.
{To stock an anchor} (Naut.), to fit it with a stock, or to
fasten the stock firmly in place.
{To stock cards} (Card Playing), to arrange cards in a
certain manner for cheating purposes. [Cant]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stocking \Stock"ing\, n. [From {Stock}, which was formerly used
of a covering for the legs and feet, combining breeches, or
upper stocks, and stockings, or nether stocks.]
A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit
or woven.
{Blue stocking}. See {Bluestocking}.
{Stocking frame}, a machine for knitting stockings or other
hosiery goods.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stocking \Stock"ing\, v. t.
To dress in GBs. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stocking
adj : wearing stockings; "walks about in his stockinged (or
stocking) feet" [syn: {stockinged}]
n 1: close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in
matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
2: the activity of supplying a stock of something; "he
supervised the stocking of the stream with trout"
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