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Dock

noun

1.

An enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial.

2.

Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine. Synonyms: sorrel, sour grass.

3.

A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats. Synonyms: pier, wharf, wharfage.

4.

A platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded. Synonym: loading dock.

5.

Landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out. Synonyms: dockage, docking facility.

6.

The solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair.

7.

A short or shortened tail of certain animals. Synonyms: bob, bobtail.

verb

(past & past part. docked; pres. part. docking)

1.

Come into dock. Antonym: undock.

2.

Deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty.

3.

Deduct from someone's wages.

4.

Remove or shorten the tail of an animal. Synonyms: bob, tail.

5.

Maneuver into a dock. Antonym: undock.

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"Dock" Quotes from Famous Books

... among them tracts bearing his name and address, so that any who wished personal guidance could find him. He sought them at their gathering-places, read the Scriptures at stated times with some fifty Jewish lads, and taught in a Sunday-school. Thus, instead of lying like a vessel in dry-dock for repairs, he was launched into Christian work, though, like other labourers among the despised Jews, he found himself exposed to petty trials and persecutions, called to suffer reproach for the name ...

— George Muller of Bristol - His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God • Arthur T. Pierson

... that stings your pride, does it? Well, you shall stand together in the dock for trespass and assault. What a picture—great ...

— The Last Galley Impressions and Tales - Impressions and Tales • Arthur Conan Doyle

... "Wa'n't you just tellin' me about how you was plannin' a job for the coroner? And Heiney's been threatenin' to do the same thing for weeks. He comes in here every day or so and talks about jumpin' off the dock, or doin' the air dance. I've been stavin' him off with slugs of prune brandy and doses of good advice; but if a chap like you has caught the fever, then I see I've been doin' wrong not to let Heiney ...

— Odd Numbers - Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe • Sewell Ford

... essays to repair the damage with pins produced from various nooks and crevices of her person. Meanwhile the guilty usher stands in front of her, mumbling apologies and trying to look helpful. When she finishes her work and emerges from her improvised dry-dock, he again offers her his arm, but she sweeps past him without noticing him, and proceeds grandly to a seat far forward. She is a cousin to the bride's mother, and will make a report to every branch of the family ...

— A Book of Burlesques • H. L. Mencken

... I know him well?—Dan Donogan,' replied she, with a grin. 'Didn't I see him in the dock with Smith O'Brien in '48, and wasn't he in trouble again after he got his pardon; and won't ...

— Lord Kilgobbin • Charles Lever

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