SOX

Proper noun

Sox pl (plural only)

(US, baseball) The Boston Red Sox.

(US, baseball) The Chicago White Sox.

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Noun

sox pl (plural only)

(informal) plural of sock (footwear)

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Source: Wiktionary


SOCK

Sock, n. Etym: [F. soc, LL. soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.]

Definition: A plowshare. Edin. Encyc.

Sock, n. Etym: [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 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 Edition



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