WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Sock
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. soc, LL. soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
Definition : Defn: A plowshare. Edin. Encyc.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sock
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. sock, AS. socc, fr. L. soccus a kind of low- heeled, light shoe. Cf. Sucket.]
Definition : 1. The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a sumbol of comedy, of the comic drams, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin. Great Fletcher never treads in buskin here, Nor greater Jonson dares in socks appear. Dryden.

2. A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.

3. A warm inner sole for a shoe. Simmonds.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913