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the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late" an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine haul into a dock; "dock the ships" remove or shorten the tail of an animal come into dock; "the ship docked" deduct from someone''s wages deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty a short or shortened tail of certain animals a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats |
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