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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Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails..
Dry Dock :: Dry dock () See under Dock.
Nipplewort :: Nipplewort (n.) A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; -- called also dock-cress..
Haddock :: Haddock (n.) A marine food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie..
Finnan Haddie :: Finnan haddie () Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. finan), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock..
Ruddock :: Ruddock (n.) The European robin.
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..
Rumicin :: Rumicin (n.) A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.
Ochreated :: Ochreated (a.) Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass..
Dockyard :: Dockyard (n.) A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding.
Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay..
Crib :: Crib (n.) A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc..
Docket :: Docket (v. t.) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial..
Dock :: Dock (n.) A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination..
Bloodwort :: Bloodwort (n.) A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Haemodoraceae), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing..
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..
Berthage :: Berthage (n.) A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.
Bodock :: Bodock (n.) The Osage orange.
Fiddle :: Fiddle (n.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
Curtail Dog :: Curtail dog () A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting..
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