Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Sock \Sock\, n. [F. soc, LL. soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
   A plowshare. --Edin. Encyc.

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 : WordNet®

sock
     n 1: hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn
          inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the
          knee
     2: a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at
        airports) to show the direction of the wind [syn: {windsock},
         {air sock}, {wind sleeve}, {wind cone}, {drogue}]
     v : hit hard [syn: {bop}, {whop}, {whap}, {bonk}, {bash}]