sock del a ger, sock dologer

[A corrup tion of doxology (q. v.).] 1. A conclusive argument; the winding-up of a debate; a settler. 2. A knock-down or decisive blow. 3. A fish-book having a supplementary spring hook to catch the fish which touches the bait. sock-ět, sok-et, s. [A dim in. from sock (1).] 1 An opening, or tubular rece , in which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place in which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else. "His eye-balls in their hollow sockets sink." Dryden: Palamon and Arcite, i. 526. 2. Specifically, a little hollow tube or place into which a candle is fitted in a candlestick.