From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Soc \Soc\ (s[o^]k), n. [AS. s[=o]c the power of holding court,
sway, domain, properly, the right of investigating or
seeking; akin to E. sake, seek. Sake, Seek, and cf.
Sac, and Soke.] [Written also sock, and soke.]
1. (O. Eng. Law)
(a) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a
district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of
causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
(b) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary
burdens.
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2. An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of
grinding all the corn used within the manor or township
which the mill stands. [Eng.]
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Soc and sac (O. Eng. Law), the full right of administering
justice in a manor or lordship.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sock \Sock\, n. [F. soc, LL. soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
A plowshare. --Edin. Encyc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sock \Sock\, n. [OE. sock, AS. socc, fr. L. soccus a kind of
low-heeled, light shoe. Cf. Sucket.]
1. The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and
Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic
drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized
by the buskin.
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Great Fletcher never treads in buskin here,
Nor greater Jonson dares in socks appear. --Dryden.
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2. A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a
stocking with a short leg.
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3. A warm inner sole for a shoe. --Simmonds.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sock \Sock\ (s[o^]k), v. t. [Perh. shortened fr. sockdolager.]
To hurl, drive, or strike violently; -- often with it as an
object. [Prov. or Vulgar] --Kipling.
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