stocking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stocking	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for stocking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stocking n close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural) the activity of supplying a stock of something; "he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout"
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[ocr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stocked} (st[ocr]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.