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See under Dock.
A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.
DOCK
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Docket
n.
An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Dock
v. t.
To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.
v. t.
To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers.
v. t.
To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.
v. t.
To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
v. t.
to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.
imp. & p. p.
of Dock
v. t.
To take out of dock; as, to undock a ship.
n.
Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works.
v. t.
To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.
imp. & p. p.
of Docket
v. t.
To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed.
n.
The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.
n.
A charge for the use of a dock.
n.
A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.
v. t.
To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.
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