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SOCK'ET, n. 1. The little hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. 2. Any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as the...

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Meaning

SOCK'ET, n.

1. The little hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. And in the sockets oily bubbles dance.

2. Any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as the sockets of the teeth or of the eyes. his eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. Gomphosis is the connection of a tooth to its socket.

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