Dock (d&obreve_;k), n. [AS. docce; of uncertain origin; cf. G. docken-blätter, Gael. dogha burdock, OF. doque; perh. akin to L. daucus, daucum, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a kind of parsnip or carrot, used in medicine. Cf. Burdock.] (Bot.) A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.
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&hand_; Yellow dock is Rumex crispus, with smooth curly leaves and yellow root, which that of other species is used medicinally as an astringent and tonic.
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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.
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His top was docked like a priest biforn. Chaucer.
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2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.
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3. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.
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Dock (?), v. t. To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.
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