Definition of dock

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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..

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Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..
Docket :: Docket (v. t.) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial..
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..
Cobwork :: Cobwork (a.) Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater..
Work :: Work (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..
Grain :: Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4..
Docking :: Docking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Doc.
Docket :: Docket (n.) An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an action, or register or such entries; a book of original, kept by clerks of courts, containing a formal list of the names of parties, and minutes of the proceedings, in each case in court..
Parrock :: Parrock (n.) A croft, or small field; a paddock..
Pompelmous :: Pompelmous (n.) A shaddock, esp. one of large size..
Jacksnipe :: "Jacksnipe (n.) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe..
Lappaceous :: Lappaceous (a.) Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.
Burdock :: Burdock (n.) A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool of animals..
Docket :: Docket (n.) A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest..
Dock-cress :: Dock-cress (n.) Nipplewort.
Raddock :: Raddock (n.) The ruddock.
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins..
Hordock :: Hordock (n.) An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock..
Spatter-dock :: Spatter-dock (n.) The common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena).
Daddock :: Daddock (n.) The rotten body of a tree.
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