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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dock \Dock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Docked}; p. pr & vb n.
{Docking}.] [See {Dock} a tail. Cf W. tociaw and twciaw to
dock, clip.]
1. to cut off as the end of a thing to curtail; to cut
short; to clip; as to dock the tail of a horse.
His top was docked like a priest biforn. -- Chaucer.
2. To cut off a part from to shorten; to deduct from to
subject to a deduction; as to dock one's wages.
3. To cut off bar, or destroy; as to dock an entail.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
docked
adj 1: that in a dock; "a docked ship"
2: (of animals) having ears or tail cut short; "doberman
pinschers with docked tails and ears" [syn: {clipped}]
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