Definition of dock

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Dock (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..

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Spelding :: Spelding (n.) A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the sun; -- called also speldron.
Dock :: Dock (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..
Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..
Bodock :: Bodock (n.) The Osage orange.
Docked :: Docked (imp. & p. p.) of Doc.
Bollard :: Bollard (n.) An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes..
Parrock :: Parrock (n.) A croft, or small field; a paddock..
Clotbur :: Clotbur (n.) The burdock.
Dogget :: Dogget (n.) Docket. See Docket.
Docket :: Docket (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..
Curtal :: Curtal (n.) A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short..
Crib :: Crib (n.) A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc..
Grain :: Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4..
Docket :: Docket (v. t.) To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods..
Dock :: 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..
Docket :: Docket (n.) A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest..
Docket :: Docket (n.) A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.
Burr :: Burr (n.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs..
Paddock :: Paddock (n.) A small inclosure or park for sporting.
Dock :: Dock (n.) The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting..
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