Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - dock
Dock
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 an artificially enclosed body of water for the loading, unloading, and repair of ships. 2 (in pl.) a range of docks with wharves and offices; a dockyard. 3 US a ship's berth, a wharf. 4 = dry dock. 5 Theatr. = scene-dock. --v. 1 tr. & intr. bring or come into a dock. 2 a tr. join (spacecraft) together in space. b intr. (of spacecraft) be joined. 3 tr. provide with a dock or docks. Phrases and idioms dock-glass a large glass for wine-tasting. in dock Brit. colloq. in hospital or (of a vehicle) laid up for repairs. Etymology: MDu. docke, of unkn. orig. 2. n. the enclosure in a criminal court for the accused. Phrases and idioms dock brief a brief handed direct to a barrister selected by a prisoner in the dock. in the dock on trial. Etymology: 16th c.: prob. orig. cant = Flem. dok cage, of unkn. orig. 3. n. any weed of the genus Rumex, with broad leaves. Etymology: OE docce 4. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 a cut short (an animal's tail). b cut short the tail of (an animal). 2 a (often foll. by from) deduct (a part) from wages, supplies, etc. b reduce (wages etc.) in this way. --n. 1 the solid bony part of an animal's tail. 2 the crupper of a saddle or harness. Phrases and idioms dock-tailed having a docked tail. Etymology: ME, of uncert. orig.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English docce; akin to Middle Dutch ~e ~ Date: before 12th century any of a genus (Rumex) of coarse weedy plants of the buckwheat family having long taproots and sometimes used as potherbs, any of several usually broad-leaved weedy plants (as of the genus Silphium), II. noun Etymology: Middle English dok, perhaps from Old English -docca (as in fingirdocca finger muscle); akin to Old High German tocka doll, Old Norse dokka bundle Date: 14th century the solid part of an animal's tail as distinguished from the hair, the part of an animal's tail left after it has been shortened, III. transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to cut off the end of a body part of, to cut (as ears or a tail) short, 2. to take away a part of ; abridge, to subject (as wages) to a deduction, to penalize by depriving of a benefit ordinarily due, IV. noun Etymology: Middle English dokke, probably from Middle Dutch ~e Date: 15th century a usually artificial basin or enclosure for the reception of ships that is equipped with means for controlling the water height, slip II,1b, 3. a place (as a wharf or platform) for the loading or unloading of materials, a usually wooden pier used as a landing place or moorage for boats, V. verb Date: 1600 transitive verb to haul or guide into or alongside a ~, to join (as two spacecraft) mechanically while in space, intransitive verb to come into or alongside a ~, to become ~ed, VI. noun Etymology: Dutch dialect (Flanders) ~e cage Date: 1586 the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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