Definition of dock

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Dock (n.) An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide..

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Dockyard :: Dockyard (n.) A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding.
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..
Crib :: Crib (n.) A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc..
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..
Candock :: Candock (n.) A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum)..
Dockage :: Dockage (n.) A charge for the use of a dock.
Yard :: Yard (n.) An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard..
Parelle :: Parelle (n.) A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and R. Hydrolapathum).
Dock :: Dock (v. t.) To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail..
Slip :: Slip (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip..
Docket :: Docket (v. t.) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial..
Juddock :: Juddock (n.) See Jacksnipe.
Pompelmous :: Pompelmous (n.) A shaddock, esp. one of large size..
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..
Daddock :: Daddock (n.) The rotten body of a tree.
Charlock :: Charlock (n.) A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock..
Docket :: Docket (n.) A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.
Dock :: Dock (n.) A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
Robin :: Robin (n.) A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock..
Purrock :: Purrock (n.) See Puddock, and Parrock..
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