socketn.

Brit.

/ˈsɒkɪt/, U.S.

/ˈsɑkət/

Forms: Middle English–1500s soket, Middle English–1500s sokett(e, 1500s sokkat, sowket; 1500s sockat, sockitte, 1500s–1600s sockett(e, 1600s soacket, socquet, 1500s– socket.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman soket, diminutive of soc ploughshare, sock n.²

†1. A lance- or spear-head having a form resembling that of a ploughshare. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > head or point > type of

socketc1330

a1260 M. Paris Chron. Majora (Rolls) V. 319 Ferrum remansit in vulnere; quod tamen excisum..inventum est in mucrone acutissimum instar pugionis,..et brevem formam habens vomeris, unde vulgariter vomerulus vocatur, Gallice soket.]

c1330 Arth. & Merl. 7189 (Kölbing) Gaheriet mett þe douke Fannel Wiþ a launce, þe soket of stiel.a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 4415 He took in honde a rede pensel Wiþ a soket of broun stel.c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 9645 His tronchon stikked fast With the soket in mid the shelde.1502 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 352 To Henry, lorymar, for sockatis and dyamandis to the speris, xiiij s.1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 687 Than with the speir..He hit the king richt in at the e, The scharpe sokkat syne throw his heid is gone.

a. A hollow part or piece, usually of a cylindrical form, constructed to receive some part or thing fitting into it.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > shank or socket

socket1448

hose1743

shaft-hole1852

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > a receding part > socket

base?c1335

mortisec1390

socket1448

hem1559

mortise hole1585

sock1803

shoe1858

bayonet-socket1892

1448 in Archæol. Jrnl. 51 121 Item .j. soket argenteum deauratum pro cruce argentea.

1448 in Archæol. Jrnl. 51 122 .j. parvum soket.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 167 b/1 Another pyece wherin the sokette or morteys was maad that the body of the crosse stood in.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiii^v A weding hoke w^t a socket set vpon a lytell staffe a yarde long.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. iii. 73 b A socket of siluer & guilt.., within the top of which socket they set..plumes of feathers.

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 567 Into the Socket of that Iron is put a Staffe.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. iii. 97 This Iron is fastned by a Socket to a Pole about 14 or 15 Foot long.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. v. 341 The heel of the yard is always lodged in one of the sockets.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 223 The harpoon..consists of three conjoined parts, called the ‘socket’, ‘shank’, and ‘mouth’.

1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 349/1 The paddle-beams..pass the sides of the vessel through what may be called sockets.

1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 354 The camera is fitted with..sockets for use on a tripod.

figurative.1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C3 A vaine of lauish iangling, that hath made thy palate rise out of socket.1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 59 The most part [of men] runne beyond their bounds, and leape quite out of their sockets.

b. technical. (See quots.)

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society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > boring tool > for boring in the ground > equipment for use with

sinking-chain1820

runner1839

rotary table1845

wad hook1881

socket1883

spreadera1884

whipstock1903

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 229 Socket, the innermost end of a shot hole not blown away after firing.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 827/1 Socket, a tool used in well boring to recover and lift rods out of the well.

c. An object in which the terminals of an electricity supply are inside holes made to receive the pins of a plug; spec. one that is fixed to a wall.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical appliances or devices > [noun] > socket

socket1885

receptacle1887

wall plug1888

electric socket1892

keyholder1892

outlet1892

point1904

power point1912

power socket1922

socket outlet1934

lighter socket1946

line in1970

line out1970

out1980

1885 C. J. Wharton tr. Hospitalier's Domestic Electr. vii. 113 The whole [lamp-holder] is fitted to a wooden socket C, which may be screwed into an ordinary chandelier or in place of a gas burner.

1892 F. C. Allsop Pract. Electr.-light Fitting v. 72 When the plug..is inserted in the socket,..the lamp can be lighted.

1914 S. C. Batstone Electric-light Fitting vi. 127 The wires come into the socket from behind the skirting.

1938 J. W. Sims Electr. Installations 155 Apparatus requiring not more than 50 watts may be supplied from..one 15-amp socket.

1955 N. W. Kay Mod. Building Encycl. 637/1 The fuse can be renewed only when the plug-head is withdrawn from the socket.

1977 F. Hall Building Services & Equipm. II. v. 35/2 The sockets will only accept plugs for 110V, single-phase, 50Hz supply.

d. Golf. That part of the head of a club into which the shaft is fitted; a shot made off the socket.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [noun] > club > parts of club

horn1743

loft1887

socket1887

bone1890

hose1893

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of shot or stroke

putta1754

like1790

drive1829

tee-shot1850

gobble1857

push shot1865

iron shot1870

push stroke1873

drive-off1884

slice1886

raker1888

foozle1890

hook1890

iron1890

top1890

sclaff1893

brassy shot1894

run1894

chip shot1899

chip1903

pull1903

skimmer1903

draw shot1904

brassy1906

pitch-and-run1908

windcheater1909

air shot1920

chip-in1921

explosion1924

downhiller1925

blast1927

driver1927

shank1927

socket1927

recovery1937

whiff1952

pinsplitter1961

comebacker1965

bump-and-run1981

1887 W. G. Simpson Art of Golf i. iv. 22 Irons and cleeks..have sockets instead of necks.

1922 C. Leitch Golf 98 There is no bad shot in golf which flurries a player so much as a shot off the socket.

1927 Daily Express 12 Feb. 3/7 In the down stroke, the left hand and arm get ahead of the right, and that causes either a socket or a ‘push out’.

1963 J. Jacobs Golf 78 The socket is simply explained—the club head is being brought down further away from the body than it should be.

a. The part of a candlestick or chandelier in which the candle is placed.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > support or holder for a candle > [noun] > candlestick > other parts of

nose1432

socketc1440

nozzle1447

flower1521

bobeche1853

grease-pan1936

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 463/1 Soket, of a candylstykke or oþer lyke, alorica.

1477–9 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 81 Payd to Thomas Goldsmyth for the mendyng of..the soket of a siluer candilstike.

1537 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) I. i. 146 iiij candelstickes with double sowkettes.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum at Candle beame Sockettes to set candels vpon.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §31 Take a small Waxe Candle, and putt it in a Socket, of Brasse, or Iron.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 27 A small lighted wax taper, a hole in the Cake serving for a Socket.

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 197 The candles were burnt to the socket.

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xiii. 325 The candle was burned out in the socket of the candlestick, which stood by her.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 521 From dawn till the candles had burned down to their sockets.

b. figurative or in figurative context.

ΚΠ

1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 36 With a wit worn into the socket, twinkling and pinking like the snuffe of a candle.

a1628 F. Greville Cælica lxxxvii, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 235 When as Mans life..In soacket of his earthly lanthorne burnes.

1655 Nicholas P. (Camden) II. 323 My smale talent, being now burnt downe to the very socquet.

1756 Polit. Ballads (1860) II. 331 In thy arms let me die, And my glory burn clear in the socket.

1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate i The light of life..was trembling in the socket.

1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) iv. xii. 354 Love began to burn a little low in the socket.

in combination.1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 66 His socket-worne inuention.

†a. In allusive use. Obsolete.

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c1450 Mankind 140 in Macro Plays Yf ȝe wyll putt yowur nose in hys wyffis sokett, Ȝe xall haue xl^ty days of pardon.

1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. Q7 Having boldly thus adventur'd, And my Sara's socket enter'd.

b. = Socket-money (see Compounds 4).

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > extorted from married man

socket-money1699

socket1818

1818 R. Jamieson in Burt's Lett. I. 194 (note) [If they happen to see any kind of freedom between them,..they..demand the bulling-siller.] This tax in England is called socket.

1889 W. Marcroft Ups & Downs 10 At the same stir it was arranged for the footings and sockets to come in.

5. Anatomy. A hollow or cavity in which some part or articulation (as a tooth, eye, bone, etc.) is inserted.

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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > depression or cavity

pita1275

holec1300

cella1398

den1398

follicle?a1425

purse?a1425

pocketa1450

fossac1475

cystis1543

trench1565

conceptory1576

vesike1577

vesicle1578

vault1594

socket1601

bladderet1615

cistern1615

cavern1626

ventricle1641

bladder1661

antrum1684

conceptaculum1691

capsule1693

cellule1694

loculus1694

sinus1704

vesicula1705

vesica1706

fosse1710

pouch1712

cyst1721

air chamber1725

fossula1733

alveole1739

sac1741

sacculus1749

locule1751

compartment1772

air cell1774

fossule1803

umbilicus1811

conceptacle1819

cœlia1820

utricle1822

air sac1835

saccule1836

ampulla1845

vacuole1853

scrobicule1880

faveolus1882

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > parts of bones > [noun] > socket or cavity

pita1275

bosom1578

socket1601

pot1610

glenoid surface1712

lacuna1845

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > socket of eye

eyethirleOE

ringboneOE

eye-pita1275

pita1275

orbit?a1425

eye-dolpa1522

orbitant?1541

eyehole1572

eyebone1598

socket1601

eye socket1661

eyelet hole1827

the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [noun] > socket

socket1601

alveolus1657

tooth-sac1890

(a)

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xxv. xiii. 239 Both of them..serve in a collution to strengthen and keepe them [teeth] fast in their sockets.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Teeth In Men, the ordinary Number of Teeth is 32,..all fix'd in peculiar Sockets.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 212 Its root enters into the socket above a foot and an half. In a skull..at Hamburgh there are two teeth.

1859 J. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. 4 The sockets for the first temporary molars.

(b)1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 546 The Membrane of their eye is very hard, and beside they stand deepe in their sockets.1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iv. vi. 341 To constitute the upper part of the Eye-hole or Socket.1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. iii. 35 Fixed in mute wonder,..her eyes almost bursting from their sockets.1843 E. S. Abdy tr. R. von Falkenstein Water Cure (ed. 2) 26 The eyes deep in the socket and feeble.1890 W. P. Ball Effects Use & Disuse 72 In one species of ant..the sockets have disappeared as well as the eyes.(c)1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 27 Below the eyes was two crook'd horns, which..was fasten'd in two sockets at the roots.1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 20 The quill thus deprived continues in its socket for some months.1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxiii. 384 The socket..in which the leg is planted.1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) v. 48 His arms being nearly pulled out of their sockets.1882 E. R. Pitman Mission Life in Greece 212 The little knob on the end of the hip~bone, which works in a socket in the corresponding bone.

6. Applied to parts of plants.

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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [noun] > sheath

hosea1450

socket1657

sheath1672

theca1682

vagina1698

sheaf1766

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 68 Bees gather of all things that have flowers in a hose or socket.

1712 J. Warder True Amazons 16 Many [flowers] being kept in their Socket a long time, that should have blown.

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 138 They, being grown thick and strong, open the socket of the said outward leaf.

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 262 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The atocha grass..is not cut like ordinary grass, but is pulled up from its socket.

Compounds

C1. General attributive in sense 2. Many examples of this type occur in modern technical use, and are recorded in special dictionaries.

socket-bar n.

ΚΠ

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 229 Socket Bar [a hollow conical-headed iron rod for extricating boring rods from bore holes].

socket-bit n.

ΚΠ

1532 Lett. & P. Hen. VIII V. 447 A ground auger made with a socket bit steeled.

socket-castor n.

ΚΠ

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Socket-castor, a metal castor which moves in a socket.

socket-chisel n.

ΚΠ

1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vii. 123 Socket Chissels..have their Shank made with an hollow Socket at its top.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1033 Socket Chisel, a strong tool used by carpenters for mortising, and worked with a mallet.

socket end n.

ΚΠ

1895 Model Steam Eng. 38 The socket end of the rod must have a screw formed on it.

socket joint n.

ΚΠ

1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 401 The price paid for the socket joint alone.

socket leg n.

ΚΠ

1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 789 Socket Leg, for amputation above knee, with wooden socket.

socket piece n.

ΚΠ

1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.O 3 The bearing plate of the jointed socket-piece.

socket pipe n.

ΚΠ

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Socket-pipe, a pipe worked in a socket.

socket pole n.

ΚΠ

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Socket-pole, a pole armed with an iron socket, and used to propel boats, &c.

socket spanner n.

ΚΠ

1893 Spons' Mechanics' Own Book (ed. 4) 80 The stems and handles of socket spanners are made..separate from the socket portions.

socket stone n.

ΚΠ

1887 J. R. Allen Early Christian Symbolism 134 The head and part of the shaft..have been re-erected in the old socket-stone.

socket tube n.

ΚΠ

1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.N 1 The longitudinal liberty of the spindle..in its socket tube.

C2.

socket outlet n. a socket (sense 2c) fixed to a wall and connected to an electricity supply; cf. outlet n. 1e, point n.¹ 3i.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical appliances or devices > [noun] > socket

socket1885

receptacle1887

wall plug1888

electric socket1892

keyholder1892

outlet1892

point1904

power point1912

power socket1922

socket outlet1934

lighter socket1946

line in1970

line out1970

out1980

1934 Two-Pole & Earthing-Pin Plugs & Socket-Outlets (Brit. Standards Inst.) 6 When the plug and the socket-outlet are in complete engagement no live parts shall be accessible.

1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 119/2 There will probably be more storage space [in today's new house] and almost certainly more socket outlets.

socket set n. a number of sockets for use with a socket wrench.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > screwdrivers, wrenches, spanners > [noun] > spanner or wrench > set of sockets of different sizes

socket set1935

1918 A. L. Dyke Automobile & Gasoline Engine Encycl. 613/2 (caption) No. 12 combination socket wrench set.]

1935 Gen. Catal. Tools & Supplies (Buck & Hickman Ltd.) 270/2 ‘Ratchet handle’ socket sets.

1976 Star (Sheffield) 29 Nov. 5/5 Hinds pleaded guilty to stealing an electric drill and a 52-piece socket set.

socket wrench n. a wrench equipped with a set of detachable sockets of different sizes.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > screwdrivers, wrenches, spanners > [noun] > spanner or wrench > other spanners or wrenches

tap wrench1815

doghook1847

stock1862

stud box1867

socket wrench1905

Allen key1910

wheel brace1920

tongs1922

nut driver1939

spud wrench1939

torque wrench1948

nut runner1958

Mole1959

skate key1962

1905 W. Rogers Pumps & Hydraulics II. 344 An interchangeable socket wrench is shown in Fig. 629.

1921 Car 31 Mar. 313/2 (advt.) Your car will be kept in perfect tune if a socket wrench set is in your kit.

1977 New Yorker 9 May 34/3 Bicycling accessories for every contingency:..monkey wrenches, socket wrenches, wrench holders.

C3. In sense 5, as socket-leaf; socket-leaved, socket-eyed adjs.

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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > sheathing

socket?1711

vaginant1760

sheathing1778

vaginal1792

?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii IX. Table 85 Its Stalks red-spotted and socket-leaved.

?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii IX. Table 86 Yellow Cape Dragon-Orchis, with broad, pointed Socket-leaves.

1964 F. Warner Early Poems 76 Laws That rule this meaningless and cancered globe In socket-eyed, gigantic merriment.

1975 New Yorker 26 May 104/1 Raskolnikov..is played by Georgi Taratorkin, a socket-eyed figure ransacked by self-inquiry and staring at us out of a very lonely desert.

C4.

socket-money n. slang see quots. and sense 4b.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > extorted from married man

socket-money1699

socket1818

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Socket-money, Demanded and Spent upon Marriage.

1770 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer I. iii. 141 We must likewise come upon ye By way of costs for socket-money.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Socket money, a whore's fee, or hire, also money paid for a treat, by a married man caught in an intrigue.

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Socket-money, money extorted by threats of exposure.

Derivatives

ˈsocketful n.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills other specific things

sheetful?1530

streetful1595

rangeful1603

stringful1611

heavenful1637

hellful1637

skyful1645

gardenful1651

paperful1722

ropeful1726

notchful1733

breathful1815

cityful1826

forestful1832

worldful1835

treeful1837

spongeful1867

stackful1868

balloonful1870

fairful1872

socketful1872

valleyful1890

universeful1893

slingful1913

pawful1925

1872 B. Stewart Lessons Elem. Physics (new ed.) 30 Water exactly equal in bulk to the brass cylinder (that is to say, a socketful).

ˈsocketless adj. Without a socket; Golf (of an iron club) made without a socket.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc.

steepc1000

standing1340

glazenc1380

glassy1412

ungladlyc1450

sparklinga1500

goggle1540

pinking1566

whally1590

vailed1591

unweeping1598

dejected1600

unwet1601

glossed1602

haggard1605

saucer-like1612

saucer1618

glaring1622

uncast1629

startling1648

poppinga1696

upraised1707

glancy1733

glazed1735

almond1786

open-eyed1799

bald1807

glazing1808

lustreless1810

unfathomable1817

vague1820

soulless1824

beady1826

socketless1833

fishy1836

glazy1838

popped1849

agoggled1860

uprolled1864

unfaceted1893

shoe-button1895

poppy1899

googly1901

slitty1908

bead-berry1923

1833 Fraser's Mag. 7 720 The eyes have long been rayless, socketless.

1867 G. Gilfillan Night iii. 53 A socketless and fiercely blazing eye.

1911 C. Leitch Golf for Girls 86 In some cases recourse is had to socketless clubs. This is not a cure but a subterfuge.

1912 New Bk. Golf 340 A socketless club has no heel, the shaft rises straight from the head.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	socket
释义	socketn. Brit. /ˈsɒkɪt/, U.S. /ˈsɑkət/ Forms: Middle English–1500s soket, Middle English–1500s sokett(e, 1500s sokkat, sowket; 1500s sockat, sockitte, 1500s–1600s sockett(e, 1600s soacket, socquet, 1500s– socket. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman soket, diminutive of soc ploughshare, sock n.² †1. A lance- or spear-head having a form resembling that of a ploughshare. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > head or point > type of socketc1330 a1260 M. Paris Chron. Majora (Rolls) V. 319 Ferrum remansit in vulnere; quod tamen excisum..inventum est in mucrone acutissimum instar pugionis,..et brevem formam habens vomeris, unde vulgariter vomerulus vocatur, Gallice soket.] c1330 Arth. & Merl. 7189 (Kölbing) Gaheriet mett þe douke Fannel Wiþ a launce, þe soket of stiel.a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 4415 He took in honde a rede pensel Wiþ a soket of broun stel.c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 9645 His tronchon stikked fast With the soket in mid the shelde.1502 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 352 To Henry, lorymar, for sockatis and dyamandis to the speris, xiiij s.1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 687 Than with the speir..He hit the king richt in at the e, The scharpe sokkat syne throw his heid is gone. 2. a. A hollow part or piece, usually of a cylindrical form, constructed to receive some part or thing fitting into it. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > shank or socket socket1448 hose1743 shaft-hole1852 the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > a receding part > socket base?c1335 mortisec1390 socket1448 hem1559 mortise hole1585 sock1803 shoe1858 bayonet-socket1892 1448 in Archæol. Jrnl. 51 121 Item .j. soket argenteum deauratum pro cruce argentea. 1448 in Archæol. Jrnl. 51 122 .j. parvum soket. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 167 b/1 Another pyece wherin the sokette or morteys was maad that the body of the crosse stood in. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiii^v A weding hoke w^t a socket set vpon a lytell staffe a yarde long. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. iii. 73 b A socket of siluer & guilt.., within the top of which socket they set..plumes of feathers. 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 567 Into the Socket of that Iron is put a Staffe. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. iii. 97 This Iron is fastned by a Socket to a Pole about 14 or 15 Foot long. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. v. 341 The heel of the yard is always lodged in one of the sockets. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 223 The harpoon..consists of three conjoined parts, called the ‘socket’, ‘shank’, and ‘mouth’. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 349/1 The paddle-beams..pass the sides of the vessel through what may be called sockets. 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 354 The camera is fitted with..sockets for use on a tripod. figurative.1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. C3 A vaine of lauish iangling, that hath made thy palate rise out of socket.1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 59 The most part [of men] runne beyond their bounds, and leape quite out of their sockets. b. technical. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > boring tool > for boring in the ground > equipment for use with sinking-chain1820 runner1839 rotary table1845 wad hook1881 socket1883 spreadera1884 whipstock1903 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 229 Socket, the innermost end of a shot hole not blown away after firing. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 827/1 Socket, a tool used in well boring to recover and lift rods out of the well. c. An object in which the terminals of an electricity supply are inside holes made to receive the pins of a plug; spec. one that is fixed to a wall. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical appliances or devices > [noun] > socket socket1885 receptacle1887 wall plug1888 electric socket1892 keyholder1892 outlet1892 point1904 power point1912 power socket1922 socket outlet1934 lighter socket1946 line in1970 line out1970 out1980 1885 C. J. Wharton tr. Hospitalier's Domestic Electr. vii. 113 The whole [lamp-holder] is fitted to a wooden socket C, which may be screwed into an ordinary chandelier or in place of a gas burner. 1892 F. C. Allsop Pract. Electr.-light Fitting v. 72 When the plug..is inserted in the socket,..the lamp can be lighted. 1914 S. C. Batstone Electric-light Fitting vi. 127 The wires come into the socket from behind the skirting. 1938 J. W. Sims Electr. Installations 155 Apparatus requiring not more than 50 watts may be supplied from..one 15-amp socket. 1955 N. W. Kay Mod. Building Encycl. 637/1 The fuse can be renewed only when the plug-head is withdrawn from the socket. 1977 F. Hall Building Services & Equipm. II. v. 35/2 The sockets will only accept plugs for 110V, single-phase, 50Hz supply. d. Golf. That part of the head of a club into which the shaft is fitted; a shot made off the socket. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > equipment > [noun] > club > parts of club horn1743 loft1887 socket1887 bone1890 hose1893 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of shot or stroke putta1754 like1790 drive1829 tee-shot1850 gobble1857 push shot1865 iron shot1870 push stroke1873 drive-off1884 slice1886 raker1888 foozle1890 hook1890 iron1890 top1890 sclaff1893 brassy shot1894 run1894 chip shot1899 chip1903 pull1903 skimmer1903 draw shot1904 brassy1906 pitch-and-run1908 windcheater1909 air shot1920 chip-in1921 explosion1924 downhiller1925 blast1927 driver1927 shank1927 socket1927 recovery1937 whiff1952 pinsplitter1961 comebacker1965 bump-and-run1981 1887 W. G. Simpson Art of Golf i. iv. 22 Irons and cleeks..have sockets instead of necks. 1922 C. Leitch Golf 98 There is no bad shot in golf which flurries a player so much as a shot off the socket. 1927 Daily Express 12 Feb. 3/7 In the down stroke, the left hand and arm get ahead of the right, and that causes either a socket or a ‘push out’. 1963 J. Jacobs Golf 78 The socket is simply explained—the club head is being brought down further away from the body than it should be. 3. a. The part of a candlestick or chandelier in which the candle is placed. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > support or holder for a candle > [noun] > candlestick > other parts of nose1432 socketc1440 nozzle1447 flower1521 bobeche1853 grease-pan1936 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 463/1 Soket, of a candylstykke or oþer lyke, alorica. 1477–9 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 81 Payd to Thomas Goldsmyth for the mendyng of..the soket of a siluer candilstike. 1537 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) I. i. 146 iiij candelstickes with double sowkettes. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum at Candle beame Sockettes to set candels vpon. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §31 Take a small Waxe Candle, and putt it in a Socket, of Brasse, or Iron. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 27 A small lighted wax taper, a hole in the Cake serving for a Socket. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 197 The candles were burnt to the socket. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xiii. 325 The candle was burned out in the socket of the candlestick, which stood by her. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 521 From dawn till the candles had burned down to their sockets. b. figurative or in figurative context. ΚΠ 1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 36 With a wit worn into the socket, twinkling and pinking like the snuffe of a candle. a1628 F. Greville Cælica lxxxvii, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 235 When as Mans life..In soacket of his earthly lanthorne burnes. 1655 Nicholas P. (Camden) II. 323 My smale talent, being now burnt downe to the very socquet. 1756 Polit. Ballads (1860) II. 331 In thy arms let me die, And my glory burn clear in the socket. 1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate i The light of life..was trembling in the socket. 1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) iv. xii. 354 Love began to burn a little low in the socket. in combination.1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 66 His socket-worne inuention. 4. †a. In allusive use. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1450 Mankind 140 in Macro Plays Yf ȝe wyll putt yowur nose in hys wyffis sokett, Ȝe xall haue xl^ty days of pardon. 1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. Q7 Having boldly thus adventur'd, And my Sara's socket enter'd. b. = Socket-money (see Compounds 4). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > extorted from married man socket-money1699 socket1818 1818 R. Jamieson in Burt's Lett. I. 194 (note) [If they happen to see any kind of freedom between them,..they..demand the bulling-siller.] This tax in England is called socket. 1889 W. Marcroft Ups & Downs 10 At the same stir it was arranged for the footings and sockets to come in. 5. Anatomy. A hollow or cavity in which some part or articulation (as a tooth, eye, bone, etc.) is inserted. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > depression or cavity pita1275 holec1300 cella1398 den1398 follicle?a1425 purse?a1425 pocketa1450 fossac1475 cystis1543 trench1565 conceptory1576 vesike1577 vesicle1578 vault1594 socket1601 bladderet1615 cistern1615 cavern1626 ventricle1641 bladder1661 antrum1684 conceptaculum1691 capsule1693 cellule1694 loculus1694 sinus1704 vesicula1705 vesica1706 fosse1710 pouch1712 cyst1721 air chamber1725 fossula1733 alveole1739 sac1741 sacculus1749 locule1751 compartment1772 air cell1774 fossule1803 umbilicus1811 conceptacle1819 cœlia1820 utricle1822 air sac1835 saccule1836 ampulla1845 vacuole1853 scrobicule1880 faveolus1882 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > parts of bones > [noun] > socket or cavity pita1275 bosom1578 socket1601 pot1610 glenoid surface1712 lacuna1845 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > socket of eye eyethirleOE ringboneOE eye-pita1275 pita1275 orbit?a1425 eye-dolpa1522 orbitant?1541 eyehole1572 eyebone1598 socket1601 eye socket1661 eyelet hole1827 the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [noun] > socket socket1601 alveolus1657 tooth-sac1890 (a) 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xxv. xiii. 239 Both of them..serve in a collution to strengthen and keepe them [teeth] fast in their sockets. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Teeth In Men, the ordinary Number of Teeth is 32,..all fix'd in peculiar Sockets. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 212 Its root enters into the socket above a foot and an half. In a skull..at Hamburgh there are two teeth. 1859 J. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. 4 The sockets for the first temporary molars. (b)1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 546 The Membrane of their eye is very hard, and beside they stand deepe in their sockets.1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iv. vi. 341 To constitute the upper part of the Eye-hole or Socket.1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. iii. 35 Fixed in mute wonder,..her eyes almost bursting from their sockets.1843 E. S. Abdy tr. R. von Falkenstein Water Cure (ed. 2) 26 The eyes deep in the socket and feeble.1890 W. P. Ball Effects Use & Disuse 72 In one species of ant..the sockets have disappeared as well as the eyes.(c)1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 27 Below the eyes was two crook'd horns, which..was fasten'd in two sockets at the roots.1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 20 The quill thus deprived continues in its socket for some months.1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxiii. 384 The socket..in which the leg is planted.1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) v. 48 His arms being nearly pulled out of their sockets.1882 E. R. Pitman Mission Life in Greece 212 The little knob on the end of the hip~bone, which works in a socket in the corresponding bone. 6. Applied to parts of plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [noun] > sheath hosea1450 socket1657 sheath1672 theca1682 vagina1698 sheaf1766 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 68 Bees gather of all things that have flowers in a hose or socket. 1712 J. Warder True Amazons 16 Many [flowers] being kept in their Socket a long time, that should have blown. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 138 They, being grown thick and strong, open the socket of the said outward leaf. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 262 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The atocha grass..is not cut like ordinary grass, but is pulled up from its socket. Compounds C1. General attributive in sense 2. Many examples of this type occur in modern technical use, and are recorded in special dictionaries. socket-bar n. ΚΠ 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 229 Socket Bar [a hollow conical-headed iron rod for extricating boring rods from bore holes]. socket-bit n. ΚΠ 1532 Lett. & P. Hen. VIII V. 447 A ground auger made with a socket bit steeled. socket-castor n. ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Socket-castor, a metal castor which moves in a socket. socket-chisel n. ΚΠ 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vii. 123 Socket Chissels..have their Shank made with an hollow Socket at its top. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1033 Socket Chisel, a strong tool used by carpenters for mortising, and worked with a mallet. socket end n. ΚΠ 1895 Model Steam Eng. 38 The socket end of the rod must have a screw formed on it. socket joint n. ΚΠ 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 401 The price paid for the socket joint alone. socket leg n. ΚΠ 1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 789 Socket Leg, for amputation above knee, with wooden socket. socket piece n. ΚΠ 1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.O 3 The bearing plate of the jointed socket-piece. socket pipe n. ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Socket-pipe, a pipe worked in a socket. socket pole n. ΚΠ 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Socket-pole, a pole armed with an iron socket, and used to propel boats, &c. socket spanner n. ΚΠ 1893 Spons' Mechanics' Own Book (ed. 4) 80 The stems and handles of socket spanners are made..separate from the socket portions. socket stone n. ΚΠ 1887 J. R. Allen Early Christian Symbolism 134 The head and part of the shaft..have been re-erected in the old socket-stone. socket tube n. ΚΠ 1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.N 1 The longitudinal liberty of the spindle..in its socket tube. C2. socket outlet n. a socket (sense 2c) fixed to a wall and connected to an electricity supply; cf. outlet n. 1e, point n.¹ 3i. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical appliances or devices > [noun] > socket socket1885 receptacle1887 wall plug1888 electric socket1892 keyholder1892 outlet1892 point1904 power point1912 power socket1922 socket outlet1934 lighter socket1946 line in1970 line out1970 out1980 1934 Two-Pole & Earthing-Pin Plugs & Socket-Outlets (Brit. Standards Inst.) 6 When the plug and the socket-outlet are in complete engagement no live parts shall be accessible. 1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 119/2 There will probably be more storage space [in today's new house] and almost certainly more socket outlets. socket set n. a number of sockets for use with a socket wrench. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > screwdrivers, wrenches, spanners > [noun] > spanner or wrench > set of sockets of different sizes socket set1935 1918 A. L. Dyke Automobile & Gasoline Engine Encycl. 613/2 (caption) No. 12 combination socket wrench set.] 1935 Gen. Catal. Tools & Supplies (Buck & Hickman Ltd.) 270/2 ‘Ratchet handle’ socket sets. 1976 Star (Sheffield) 29 Nov. 5/5 Hinds pleaded guilty to stealing an electric drill and a 52-piece socket set. socket wrench n. a wrench equipped with a set of detachable sockets of different sizes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > screwdrivers, wrenches, spanners > [noun] > spanner or wrench > other spanners or wrenches tap wrench1815 doghook1847 stock1862 stud box1867 socket wrench1905 Allen key1910 wheel brace1920 tongs1922 nut driver1939 spud wrench1939 torque wrench1948 nut runner1958 Mole1959 skate key1962 1905 W. Rogers Pumps & Hydraulics II. 344 An interchangeable socket wrench is shown in Fig. 629. 1921 Car 31 Mar. 313/2 (advt.) Your car will be kept in perfect tune if a socket wrench set is in your kit. 1977 New Yorker 9 May 34/3 Bicycling accessories for every contingency:..monkey wrenches, socket wrenches, wrench holders. C3. In sense 5, as socket-leaf; socket-leaved, socket-eyed adjs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > sheathing socket?1711 vaginant1760 sheathing1778 vaginal1792 ?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii IX. Table 85 Its Stalks red-spotted and socket-leaved. ?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii IX. Table 86 Yellow Cape Dragon-Orchis, with broad, pointed Socket-leaves. 1964 F. Warner Early Poems 76 Laws That rule this meaningless and cancered globe In socket-eyed, gigantic merriment. 1975 New Yorker 26 May 104/1 Raskolnikov..is played by Georgi Taratorkin, a socket-eyed figure ransacked by self-inquiry and staring at us out of a very lonely desert. C4. socket-money n. slang see quots. and sense 4b. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > extorted from married man socket-money1699 socket1818 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Socket-money, Demanded and Spent upon Marriage. 1770 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer I. iii. 141 We must likewise come upon ye By way of costs for socket-money. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Socket money, a whore's fee, or hire, also money paid for a treat, by a married man caught in an intrigue. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Socket-money, money extorted by threats of exposure. Derivatives ˈsocketful n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills other specific things sheetful?1530 streetful1595 rangeful1603 stringful1611 heavenful1637 hellful1637 skyful1645 gardenful1651 paperful1722 ropeful1726 notchful1733 breathful1815 cityful1826 forestful1832 worldful1835 treeful1837 spongeful1867 stackful1868 balloonful1870 fairful1872 socketful1872 valleyful1890 universeful1893 slingful1913 pawful1925 1872 B. Stewart Lessons Elem. Physics (new ed.) 30 Water exactly equal in bulk to the brass cylinder (that is to say, a socketful). ˈsocketless adj. Without a socket; Golf (of an iron club) made without a socket. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc. steepc1000 standing1340 glazenc1380 glassy1412 ungladlyc1450 sparklinga1500 goggle1540 pinking1566 whally1590 vailed1591 unweeping1598 dejected1600 unwet1601 glossed1602 haggard1605 saucer-like1612 saucer1618 glaring1622 uncast1629 startling1648 poppinga1696 upraised1707 glancy1733 glazed1735 almond1786 open-eyed1799 bald1807 glazing1808 lustreless1810 unfathomable1817 vague1820 soulless1824 beady1826 socketless1833 fishy1836 glazy1838 popped1849 agoggled1860 uprolled1864 unfaceted1893 shoe-button1895 poppy1899 googly1901 slitty1908 bead-berry1923 1833 Fraser's Mag. 7 720 The eyes have long been rayless, socketless. 1867 G. Gilfillan Night iii. 53 A socketless and fiercely blazing eye. 1911 C. Leitch Golf for Girls 86 In some cases recourse is had to socketless clubs. This is not a cure but a subterfuge. 1912 New Bk. Golf 340 A socketless club has no heel, the shaft rises straight from the head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). socketv. Brit. /ˈsɒkɪt/, U.S. /ˈsɑkət/ Forms: Also 1600s soccate. Etymology: < socket n. 1. transitive. To place in, or fit with, a socket. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > fit with a socket socket1533 the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > into a socket or slot socket1533 lodge1726 slot1966 1533 Lett. & P. Hen. VIII VI. 642 For mendyng and sockettyng newe Cressytts. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 214 A Pair of Shears composed of two Masts, socketted or mortaised into a Plank. 1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 248 They must be socketed before he can examine [etc.]. 1823 Sir C. Bell in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 113 173 In creatures where the eye is socketed in a cup of cartilage and cannot retract. 1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.P 5 These dies..are..socketed into the resisting head. 1888 Athenæum 16 June 764/3 Five stone bases socketed for wooden uprights. 2. Golf. To strike (the ball) inadvertently off the socket or heel of a club; to make (a shot) in this way. Also absol. Cf. shank v. 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > type of play or stroke drive1743 draw1842 heel1857 hook1857 loft1857 founder1878 to top a ball1881 chip1889 duff1890 pull1890 slice1890 undercut1891 hack1893 toe1893 spoon1896 borrow1897 overdrive1900 trickle1902 bolt1909 niblick1909 socket1911 birdie1921 eagle1921 shank1925 explode1926 bird1930 three-putt1946 bogey1948 double-bogey1952 fade1953 1911 C. Leitch Golf for Girls 87 If you socket and don't want to, here's the cure. Keep your left elbow close to your side. 1920 Isis 27 Oct. 9/1 He socketed a couple of iron shots into the gorse. 1923 Chambers's Jrnl. 775/1 The joys and sorrows of studying a long putt, or of socketing an approach. 1927 Daily Express 31 Jan. 8/2 A mashie that persists in socketing the ball. 1961 F. C. Avis Sportsman's Gloss. 210/2 Socket, to hit the ball with the shank of the club; also known as Shank. Derivatives ˈsocketer n. one who sockets the ball. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > player > types of outgoera1382 putter1842 driver1847 approacher1887 brassy player1894 long-handicapper1899 penalty-carrier1908 socketer1912 pinsplitter1916 chipper1923 four-baller1927 hacker1934 shotmaker1974 low-ball hitter1979 1912 New Bk. Golf 341 Even the most confirmed socketer will find that with such a club socketing is a sheer impossibility. 1952 H. Longhurst Golf Mixture 113 Frostick, of St George's Hill, tells the socketer to keep his head down. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1330v.1533
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