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dock1 / däk/ • n. a structure extending alongshore or out from the shore into a body of water, to which boats may be moored: the gangplank was lowered to the dock. ∎ an enclosed area of water in a port for the loading, unloading, and repair of ships. ∎ (docks) a group of such enclosed areas of water along with the wharves and buildings near them. ∎ short for dry dock. ∎ (also loading dock) a platform for loading or unloading trucks or freight trains. • v. [intr.] (of a ship) tie up at a dock, esp. in order to load or unload passengers or cargo: the ship docked at San Francisco. ∎ [tr.] bring (a ship or boat) into such a place: the riverbank where the fur traders docked their boats. ∎ (of a spacecraft) join with a space station or another spacecraft in space. ∎ attach (a piece of equipment) to another: the user wants to dock a portable into a desktop computer. dock2 • v. [tr.] (usu. be docked) deduct (something, esp. an amount of money): their wages are docked for public displays of affection | he will be docked an hour's pay. ∎ cut short (an animal's tail): fifteen of the dogs had had their tails docked. ∎ cut short the tail of (an animal): the dog had been docked. • n. the solid bony or fleshy part of an animal's tail, excluding the hair. ∎ the stump left after a tail has been docked. dock3 • n. (usu. the dock) the enclosure in a criminal court where a defendant is placed. PHRASES: in the dock (of a defendant) on trial in court. dock4 • n. a coarse weed (genus Rumex, family Polygonaceae) of temperate regions, with inconspicuous greenish or reddish flowers. The leaves are popularly used to relieve nettle stings. |
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"dock." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dock." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dock.html "dock." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dock.html |
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dock däk n.
1. a structure extending alongshore or out from the shore into a body of water, to which boats may be moored: the gangplank was lowered to the dock. 2. an enclosed area of water in a port for the loading, unloading, and repair of ships. 3. (docks) a group of such enclosed areas of water along with the wharves and buildings near them. 4. short for dry dock. 5. also loading dock a platform for loading or unloading trucks or freight trains. v. 1. (of a ship) tie up at a dock, especially in order to load or unload passengers or cargo: the ship docked at San Francisco. 2. bring (a ship or boat) into such a place: the riverbank where the fur traders docked their boats. 3. (of a spacecraft) join with a space station or another spacecraft in space. |
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"dock." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dock." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-dock.html "dock." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-dock.html |
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dock 2 solid fleshy part of a horse's tail; crupper XIV; cut end. stump XVI. perh. identical with OE. -docca (or-e) in fingerdoccan finger-muscles, and corr. to Fris. dok bunch. ball (of twine, etc.), (M)LG. docke bundle of straw. OHG. tocka (south G. docke) doll; the meanings point to a basic sense ‘something round’.
Hence as vb. cut short, curtail. XIV. |
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T. F. HOAD. "dock." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "dock." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dock1.html T. F. HOAD. "dock." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dock1.html |
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dock, in Britain the area of water in a port or harbour enclosed by piers or wharves. Some refer to the wharves themselves as the dock, but in the strict meaning of the word it is the area of water in between. However, in the USA the word is always used to mean only the wharf or pier.
See also dry-dock; floating dock. |
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"dock." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dock." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-dock.html "dock." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-dock.html |
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dock Any of more than 200 species of flowering plants native to n USA and Europe. Curled dock (Rumex crispus) has scaly brown flowers and oblong leaves with curly margins. Dock leaves are a country remedy for nettle stings. Family Polygonaceae.
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"dock." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dock." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-dock.html "dock." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-dock.html |
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dock 3 †bed or hollow in which a ship rests at low water; artificial basin for the reception of ships. XVI. — MLG., MDu. docke (mod. dok), of unkn. orig.
Hence dock vb. XVI. docker dweller near docks XVIII; dock labourer XIX. |
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T. F. HOAD. "dock." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "dock." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dock2.html T. F. HOAD. "dock." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dock2.html |
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DOCKTo curtail or diminish, as, for example, to dock a person's wages for lateness or poor work. The cage or enclosed space in a criminal court where prisoners stand when brought in for trial. |
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"Dock." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Dock." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437701464.html "Dock." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437701464.html |
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dock 4 prisoner's enclosure in a criminal court. XVI. prob. rogues' cant and identical with the word repr. by Flemish dok cage, pen, hutch, of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "dock." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "dock." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dock3.html T. F. HOAD. "dock." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dock3.html |
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dock 1 coarse weed of genus Rumex. OE. docce, corr. to MDu. docke, of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "dock." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "dock." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dock.html T. F. HOAD. "dock." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dock.html |
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dock in botany: see buckwheat . |
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"dock." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dock." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-dock.html "dock." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-dock.html |
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•ad hoc, amok, Bangkok, baroque, belle époque, bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, chock-a-block, clock, cock, crock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, hock, hough, interlock, jock, knock, langue d'oc, lock, Locke, Médoc, mock, nock, o'clock, pock, post hoc, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok, yapok
•manioc • Antioch • sjambok
•gemsbok • rhebok • steenbok
•springbok • grysbok • Lombok
•Zadok • Languedoc
•burdock, Murdoch
•hollyhock • forehock • spatchcock
•blackcock • Hancock • petcock
•haycock • gamecock
•Leacock, peacock, seacock
•Hickok • Hitchcock • poppycock
•stopcock • gorcock
•Alcock, ballcock
•monocoque • woodcock • shuttlecock
•moorcock • weathercock
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"dock." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dock." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dock.html "dock." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dock.html |
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