socketingn.
1. Placing in, or fitting with, a socket.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [noun] > into a socket
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1824 C. Bell Ess. Anat. & Philos. Expression (ed. 2) viii. 173 The deep socketing of the long canine teeth.
1833 C. Bell Hand (ed. 2) iii. 81 The socketing of the teeth in the jaws.
2. Golf. The action of hitting the ball off the socket.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of play
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1911 C. Leitch Golf for Girls 86 Socketting, that is, hitting the ball off the socket, or shank, as some call it, of the club.
1912 New Bk. Golf 164 Socketing may occasionally proceed from too free a use of the wrist.
1912 New Bk. Golf 341 Even the most confirmed socketer will find that with such a club socketing is a sheer impossibility.
1959 D. Rees Dai Rees on Golf xxx. 126 Socketing is something which strikes suddenly, like a poisonous adder.
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