Socialism \Socialism\, n.

Socialism of the chair [G. katheder socialismus], a term applied about 1872, at first in ridicule, to a group of German political economists who advocated state aid for the betterment of the working classes. Sock \Sock\, v. t. [Perh. shortened fr. sockdolager.]

To hurl, drive, or strike violently; -- often with it as an object. [Prov. or Vulgar] --Kipling.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

2. An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands. [Eng.]

Soc and sac (O. Eng. Law), the full right of administering justice in a manor or lordship.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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

A plowshare. --Edin. Encyc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)