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A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short. [Obs] Nares.

To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.

See Docket.

Docket. See Docket. [Obs.]

A warrant. See Docket.

monly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them.

aver; -- called also parchment beaver. -- Dry cupping. (Med.) See under Cupping. -- Dry dock. See under Dock. -- Dry fat. See Dry vat (below). -- Dry light, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his resea…

A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.

Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. fìn"an), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock. [Written also finnan haddock.]

the vessel, the wheels being driven by stream power. (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock. -- Floating cartilage (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the functions of the latter. -- Floating dam. (a) An anchored dam. (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry doc…

reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits.

Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (Gadidæ) which includes the cod, haddock, and hake. -- n.

A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.

The shaddock.

The act of cleaning a ship's bottom. Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.

The haddock. [Scot.]

Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock. Drayton.

One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.

or to fluids in motion; conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock, crane, or dock. Hydraulic accumulator, an accumulator for hydraulic machinery of any kind. See Accumulator, 2. -- Hydraulic brake, a cataract. See Cataract, 3. -- Hydraulic cement, a cement or mortar made of hydraulic lime, which will har…

A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe.