Dock

Definitions

1. A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading.
   US
2. Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.
3. Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
   countable, uncountable
4. The fleshy root of an animal's tail; specifically after clipping or cutting.
5. A male given name or nickname.
   US, dated, rare
6. The buttocks or anus.
   obsolete
7. The body of water next to and around a pier.
   UK
8. A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
   countable, uncountable
9. A surname.
10. A leather case used to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
11. The area of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
12. A section of a hotel or restaurant.
13. A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
14. A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications by their icons, and switching between running applications.
15. An act or instance of docking; joining two things together.
16. Ellipsis of scene-dock.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Examples

“And vnder neath him his courageous ſteed, / The fierce Spumador trode them downe like⟳ docks […]”

“The Dock is about 1 inch thick, and two inches broad, like⟳ an Apothecaries Spatule. Of what length the whole, is uncertain, this being only part of it, though it looks as if cut⟳ off near the Buttock”

“And on a Cuſhion ſtuffed with Flocks, / She clapt her dainty pair of Docks.”

“With just the turn⟳ of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end⟳ of the dock on which they stood, lay⟳ the good ship, Mount⟳ Vernon, river packet, the black smoke⟳ already pouring from her stacks.”

“coffee dock”

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