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2 definitions found 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]: docking n : a act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes or anchors [syn: {mooring}, {tying up}, {dropping anchor}]
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