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noun
1.
a landing pier.
2.
the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as for receiving a ship while in port.
3.
such a waterway, enclosed or open, together with the surrounding piers, wharves, etc.
5.
EXPANDa platform for loading and unloading trucks, railway freight cars, etc.
6.
an airplane hangar or repair shed.
7.
COLLAPSEAlso called scene dock. a place in a theater near the stage or beneath the floor of the stage for the storage of scenery.
verb (used with object)
8.
to bring (a ship or boat) into a dock; lay up in a dock.
9.
to place in dry dock, as for repairs, cleaning, or painting.
10.
to join (a space vehicle) with another or with a space station in outer space.
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Docking
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
verb (used without object)
11.
to come or go into a dock or dry dock.
12.
(of two space vehicles) to join together in outer space.
Origin:
1505–15; < Middle Dutch doc(ke)
1505–15; < Middle Dutch doc(ke)
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noun
1.
the solid or fleshy part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair.
2.
the part of a tail left after cutting or clipping.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cut off the end of; cut short: to dock a tail.
4.
to cut short the tail of: to dock a horse.
5.
to deduct from the wages of, usually as a punishment: The boss docked him a day's pay.
6.
to deduct from (wages): The boss docked his paycheck $20.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English dok, Old English -docca, in fingirdoccana (genitive plural) finger muscles; cognate with Frisian dok, Low German docke bundle, Icelandic dokkur stumpy tail, Middle High German tocke bundle, sheaf
1300–50; Middle English dok, Old English -docca, in fingirdoccana (genitive plural) finger muscles; cognate with Frisian dok, Low German docke bundle, Icelandic dokkur stumpy tail, Middle High German tocke bundle, sheaf
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dock
"cut an animal's tail," late 14c., from dok (n.) "fleshy part of an animal's tail," related to O.E. -docca "muscle," from P.Gmc. *dokko "something round, bundle" (cf. O.N. dokka "bundle, girl," Dan. dukke "doll," Ger. Docke "small column, bundle, doll, smart girl"). Meaning "to reduce (someone's) pay
EXPANDfor some infraction" is first recorded 1822. Related: Docked; docking.
COLLAPSE
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