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part at the end of a wharf; the front of a wharf whose side forms one of the cheeks of a dock.

p or the hemlock. [Written also kex, and in pl., kecks, kaxes.] Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs. Shak.

Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.

rranean Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic. -- Monk's rhubarb (Bot.), a kind of dock; -- also called patience (Rumex Patientia).

ll trading vessel of the sixteenth century. Monkey boat. (Naut.) (a) A small boat used in docks. (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames. -- Monkey block (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a swivel. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Monkey flower (Bot.), a plant of the genus Mimulus; -- so called from the appearanc…

mmunis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; -- called also dock-cress.

Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass.

A paddock, or toad. Padow pipe. (Bot.) See Paddock pipe, under Paddock.

A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and R. Hydrolapathum).

A croft, or small field; a paddock. [Prov. Eng.]

A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb.

made by Roman Catholics to the private purse of the pope. -- Peter's fish (Zoöl.), a haddock; -- so called because the black spots, one on each side, behind the gills, are traditionally said to have been caused by the fingers of St. Peter, when he caught the fish to pay the tribute. The name is applied, also, to othe…

, of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are the type, and which includes also the docks (Rumex), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape (Coccoloba), and several other genera.

A variety of shaddock, called also grape fruit.

A shaddock, esp. one of large size.

heads or spikes. Several species occur in the prairies of the United States. -- Prairie dock (Bot.), a coarse composite plant (Silphium terebinthaceum) with large rough leaves and yellow flowers, found in the Western prairies. -- Prairie dog (Zoöl.), a small American rodent (Cynomys Ludovicianus) allied to the marmo…

. -- Public works, all fixed works built by civil engineers for public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed at the public cost.

See Puddock, and Parrock.

To dry in the sun; as, rizzared haddock. [Scot.]

hacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.