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Sock

Index Sock

A sock is a piece of clothing worn on the feet and often covering the ankle or some part of the calf. [1]

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  1. 74 relations: Acrylic fiber, Alabama, Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek, Ancient Rome, Ankle, Bamboo, Beoseon, Boat shoe, Boot, Calf (leg), Carbatina, Cashmere wool, China, Christmas, Christmas stocking, Clothing, Common Era, Cotton, Datang, Zhuji, Dress code, Flip-flops, Foot, Footwrap, Fort Payne, Alabama, Frostbite, Glove, Hesiod, Hospital socks, Islam, Knee highs, Knitting machine, Latin, Leg warmer, Leggings, Linen, Maliki school, Merino, Missing sock, Mitten, Moccasin, Mohair, Muslims, Nylon, Old English, Olefin fiber, Oxford shoe, Perspiration, Polyester, Polypropylene, ... Expand index (24 more) »

  2. Footwear accessories
  3. Hosiery

Acrylic fiber

Acrylic fibers are synthetic fibers made from a polymer (polyacrylonitrile) with an average molecular weight of ~100,000, about 1900 monomer units.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Ankle

The ankle, the talocrural region or the jumping bone (informal) is the area where the foot and the leg meet.

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Bamboo

Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae.

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Beoseon

The beoseon is a type of footwear consisting of a pair of socks worn with hanbok, Korean traditional clothing, and designed for protection, warmth, and style. Sock and beoseon are socks.

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Boat shoe

Boat shoes (also known as deck shoes or top-siders) are typically canvas or leather with non-marking rubber soles designed for use on a boat.

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Boot

A boot is a type of footwear.

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Calf (leg)

The calf (calves; Latin: sura) is the back portion of the lower leg in human anatomy.

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Carbatina

The carbatina (pl. carbatinae) was a kind of shoe common among the rural poor of ancient Greece and Rome from remote antiquity to around the 3rd century, consisting of a piece of rawhide pulled around the foot and then tied down to hold it in place.

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Cashmere wool

Cashmere wool, usually simply known as cashmere, is a fiber obtained from cashmere goats, pashmina goats, and some other breeds of goat.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

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Christmas stocking

A Christmas stocking is an empty sock or sock-shaped bag that is hung on Saint Nicholas Day or Christmas Eve so that Saint Nicholas (or the related figures of Santa Claus and Father Christmas) can fill it with small toys, candy, fruit, coins or other small gifts when he arrives.

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Clothing

Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on the body.

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Common Era

Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Datang, Zhuji

Datang is a town in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province, China.

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Dress code

A dress code is a set of rules, often written, with regard to what clothing groups of people must wear.

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Flip-flops

Flip-flops are a type of light sandal-like shoe, typically worn as a form of casual footwear.

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The foot (feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates.

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Footwrap

Footwraps (also referred to as foot cloths, rags, bandages or bindings, or by their Russian name portyanki) are rectangular pieces of cloth that are worn wrapped around the feet to avoid chafing, absorb sweat and improve the foothold. Sock and Footwrap are socks.

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Fort Payne, Alabama

Fort Payne is a city in and county seat of DeKalb County, in northeastern Alabama, United States.

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Frostbite

Frostbite is a skin injury that occurs when someone is exposed to extremely low temperatures, causing the freezing of the skin or other tissues, commonly affecting the fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin areas.

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Glove

A glove is a garment covering the hand, with separate sheaths or openings for each finger including the thumb.

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Hesiod

Hesiod (or; Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.

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Hospital socks

Hospital socks, also known as psych ward socks or grippy socks, are socks given to patients at hospitals, psychiatric facilities, and nursing homes. Sock and hospital socks are socks.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Knee highs

Knee highs are hosiery that cover the feet and legs up to the knee. Sock and knee highs are hosiery and socks.

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Knitting machine

A knitting machine is a device used to create knitted fabrics in a semi or fully automated fashion.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Leg warmer

Leg warmers are coverings for the lower legs, similar to long socks but thicker and generally footless. Sock and leg warmer are hosiery.

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Leggings

Leggings are several types of leg attire that have varied through the years. Sock and Leggings are hosiery.

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Linen

Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.

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Maliki school

The Maliki school or Malikism (translit) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam.

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Merino

The Merino is a breed or group of breeds of domestic sheep, characterised by very fine soft wool.

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Missing sock

A missing sock, lost sock, or odd sock (primarily British English) is a single sock in a pair of socks known or perceived to be permanently or temporarily missing. Sock and missing sock are socks.

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Mitten

A mitten is a type of glove that covers the hand but does not have separate finger openings or sheaths.

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Moccasin

A moccasin is a shoe, made of deerskin or other soft leather, consisting of a sole (made with leather that has not been "worked") and sides made of one piece of leather, stitched together at the top, and sometimes with a vamp (additional panel of leather).

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Mohair

Mohair (pronounced) is a fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat (not Angora wool from the fur of the Angora rabbit).

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Muslims

Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.

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Nylon

Nylon is a family of synthetic polymers with amide backbones, usually linking aliphatic or semi-aromatic groups.

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Old English

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Olefin fiber

Olefin fiber is a synthetic fiber made from a polyolefin, such as polypropylene or polyethylene.

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Oxford shoe

An Oxford shoe is characterized by shoelace eyelets tabs that are attached under the vamp, a feature termed "closed lacing".

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Perspiration

Perspiration, also known as sweat, is the fluid secreted by sweat glands in the skin of mammals.

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Polyester

Polyester is a category of polymers that contain one or two ester linkages in every repeat unit of their main chain.

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Polypropylene

Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications.

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Puttee

Close-up of a World War I era United States Army infantryman's puttees A puttee (also spelled puttie, adapted from the Hindi paṭṭī, meaning "bandage") is a covering for the lower part of the leg from the ankle to the knee, also known as: legwraps, leg bindings, winingas and Wickelbänder etc.

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RIA Novosti

RIA Novosti (РИА Новости), sometimes referred to as RIAN or RIA (label), is a Russian state-owned domestic news agency.

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Santa Claus

Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santa, or Klaus) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve.

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Sexual attraction

Sexual attraction is attraction on the basis of sexual desire or the quality of arousing such interest.

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Shoe

A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot.

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Silk

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles.

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Slip-on shoe

Slip-ons are typically low, lace-less shoes.

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Slouch sock

Slouch socks, slouchy socks, loose socks or fall down socks are a type of sock featuring a heavy non-elastic upper that may be pushed down into heavy folds around the ankles or pulled up to the knee. Sock and slouch sock are socks.

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Smelly socks

Smelly socks are socks that have acquired a foul odor due to prolonged wearing on feet. Sock and Smelly socks are socks.

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Sock puppet

A sock puppet, sockpuppet, sock-puppet, or sock poppet is a puppet made from a sock or a similar garment. Sock and sock puppet are socks.

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Socks and sandals

Wearing socks and sandals together is a controversial fashion combination and social phenomenon that is discussed in various countries and cultures. Sock and socks and sandals are socks.

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Stocking

Stockings (also known as hose, especially in a historical context) are close-fitting, variously elastic garments covering the leg from the foot up to the knee or possibly part or all of the thigh. Sock and Stocking are history of clothing, hosiery and socks.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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Tabi

are traditional Japanese socks worn with thonged footwear such as zori, dating back to the 15th century. Sock and Tabi are socks.

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Textile

Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Tights

Tights are a kind of cloth garment, most often sheathing the body from the waist to the toe tips with a tight fit, hence the name. Sock and tights are history of clothing and hosiery.

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Toe socks

Toe socks (also known as fingersocks, glove socks, 5-toe socks or digital socks) are socks that have been knitted so that each toe is individually encased the same way as fingers within a glove. Sock and toe socks are socks.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

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Underwear fetishism

Underwear fetishism is a sexual fetishism relating to undergarments, and refers to preoccupation with the sexual excitement of certain types of underwear, including panties, stockings, pantyhose, bras, or other items.

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Wool

Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids.

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Wudu

Wuduʾ (lit) is the Islamic procedure for cleansing parts of the body, a type of ritual purification, or ablution.

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Zhejiang

Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China.

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Zhuji

Zhuji is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shaoxing, in north-central Zhejiang province, China, located about south of Hangzhou.

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See also

Footwear accessories

Hosiery

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sock

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