A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking.

(transitive) To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work.

A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).

(Scotland, intransitive, dated) To make the sound of a hen; to cluck. / (Scotland, intransitive, dated) To hatch.

To obstruct (an opening). / To move so that an opening is closed. / To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.

An end or conclusion. / The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. / (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy. / A grapple in wrestling.

(now rare) Closed, shut. / Narrow; confined. / At a little distance; near. / Intimate; well-loved. / (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.

(now rare, chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field. / (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.

(countable, uncountable) A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.

(obsolete) A rock; boulder; a hill. / A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. / Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass. / Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.