·noun Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.
II. Socket ·noun An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.
A whore's fee, or hire: also money paid for a treat, by a married man caught in an intrigue. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A clever adaptation to give astronomical or surveying instruments full play and motion every way by ...
The Sailor's Word-Book