stocking 音标拼音: [st'ɑkɪŋ]
n . 长袜
长袜
stocking 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 "
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
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 .
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3 .
To suffer to retain milk for twenty -
four hours or more previous to sale ,
as cows .
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4 .
To put in the stocks . [
R .] --
Shak .
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{
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 ; --
also called {
to stack the deck }. [
Cant ]
{
To stock down } (
Agric .),
to sow ,
as plowed land ,
with grass seed ,
in order that it may become swarded ,
and produce grass .
{
To stock up },
to extirpate ;
to dig up .
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Stocking \
Stock "
ing \,
v .
t .
To dress in GBs . --
Dryden .
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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 .]
1 .
A close -
fitting covering for the foot and leg ,
usually knit or woven .
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2 .
Any of various things resembling ,
or likened to ,
a stocking [
1 ];
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 .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
{
Blue stocking }.
See {
Bluestocking }.
{
Stocking frame },
a machine for knitting stockings or other hosiery goods .
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1913 Webster ]
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