See also:

• STOCKING (a diminutive of " stock," post, stump, properly that which is stuck or fixed)

STOCKING (a diminutive of " stock," See also:

• POST

post, stump, properly that which is See also:

• STUCK, FRANZ (1863— )

stuck or fixed)  , a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close-fitting covering for the See also:

• FOOT

foot and See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg, formerly made of See also:

• CLOTH

cloth but now of See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, See also:

• SILK

silk or See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread knitted by See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand or See also:

• WOVEN

woven on a See also:

• FRAME

frame (see See also:

• HOSIERY

HOSIERY) . " Stock " being the stump, i.e. the part See also:

• LEFT

left when the See also:

• BODY

body is cut off, the word was applied to the whole covering of the lower limbs, which was formerly in one piece, the " upper-See also:

• STOCKS

stocks " and " nether-stocks " forming the two pieces into which it was subsequently divided, when the upper part became the See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk See also:

• HOSE (a word common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch, hoes, stocking, Ger. Hose, breeches, tights; the ultimate origin is unknown)

hose and later See also:

• KNEE (O. E. cneow, a word common to Indo-European languages, cf. Ger. Knie, Fr. genou, Span. hinojo, Lat. genu, Gr. ybvv, Sansk. janu)

knee-breeches, the lower the " stockings." A parallel is found in See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French; the hose are chausses, the upper part haul de chausses, the stockings bas de chausses, or simply bas . The See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Strumpf, See also:

• STOCKING (a diminutive of " stock," post, stump, properly that which is stuck or fixed)

stocking, means also a stump, pointing to the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original use of the word . See also:

• HALF

Half-stockings, reaching to the lower part of the See also:

• CALF
• CALF, THE GOLDEN

calf of the leg, and worn by men since the use of the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• TROUSERS

trousers has superseded knee-breeches, and also by See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, are usually styled " socks." This word is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of Latin soccus, a slipper or See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)

shoe . It was the shoe worn by the actors in See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• COMEDY

comedy—and so was used symbolically of comedy, as " See also:

• BUSKIN (a word of uncertain origin, existing in many European languages, as Fr. brousequin, Ital. borzacchino, Dutch brozeken, and Span. borcegu£)

buskin," the high See also:

• BOOT

boot or cothurnus, was of tragedy .