▪ I. soc Now Hist.
(sɒk)
Also 3, 5–7 sok, 7 Sc. sock.
[var. of soke1.]
1. A right of local jurisdiction: (see sac1).
| 1228 Mem. Ripon (Surtees) I. 52 Sok, sak, tol, tem. a 1272 Rolls Parlt. IV. 55/1 Entre diverses autres fraunchises, Sok & Sak, Thol & Theam. c 1450 Godstow Reg. 535 With tol and team, sok and sake,..and all other customes. c 1460 Oseney Reg. 9 Of sake and soc, tol and teme. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 177 Power to hald their courts, with sock, sack, pitt, and gallous. c 1657 Sir W. Mure Hist. Ho. Rowallane Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 241 Holding in cheife of the crowne infeft cum furca et fossa, sock et sack [etc.]. 1671 F. Philipps Reg. Necess. 175 All that had Soc a liberty of distributive Justice in their Lands or Territories, and Sac..a power to fine or punish such as were found guilty. 1749 Hist. Windsor 121 That they should enjoy all their lands with the liberties of Soc and Sac [etc.]. 1861 Pearson Early & Mid. Ages 180 It may be questioned if this applied to any landowner who had soc of his own. 1874 Stubbs Const. Hist. I. v. 103 The hereditary owners of sac and soc in the territory. |
2. = soke1 2. rare.
| 1728 Chambers Cycl. s.v., Soc,..the Shire, Circuit, or Territory wherein such Power is exercised by him indued with such Jurisdiction. 1824 J. Mander Title-p., The Derbyshire Miner's Glossary; or Explanation of the Technical Terms of the Miners, used..within the Soc or Wapentake of Wirksworth. |
▪ II. soc
(sɒk)
abbrev. of society 8 and 10.
| 1890 Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang II. 274 Soc (printers), this is an abbreviation of the word ‘Society’. To be a member of the Soc. (compositors'), hence not a ‘rat’. 1903 Farmer & Henley Slang VI. 291/2 Non-Soc-man, a rat.., a blackleg, a non-Union-man. 1980 ‘J. Marcus’ Marsh Blood v. 73 The overwhelming number of the Art Soc.'s members were amateurs. |