Part 3363

<hw>Doc"i*ma*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ an assay, examination, fr. <?/ to examine (Metals), fr. <?/ assayed, tested, fr. <?/ to take, approve: cf. F. <ets>docimasie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.</def>

<h1>Docimastic</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Doc`i*mas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>docimastique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Proving by experiments or tests.</def>

<cs><col>Docimastic art</col>, <cd>metallurgy, or the art of assaying metals; the art of separating metals from foreign matters, and determining the nature and quantity of metallic substances contained in any ore or mineral.</cd></cs>

<h1>Docimology</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Doc`i*mol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a test + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc.</def>

<h1>Docity</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Doc"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Teachableness.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Dock</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Dock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>docce</ets>; of uncertain origin; cf. G. <ets>docken-</ets>bl\'84tter, Gael. <ets>dogha</ets> burdock, OF. <ets>doque</ets>; perh. akin to L. <ets>daucus</ets>, <ets>daucum</ets>, Gr. <?/, <?/, a kind of parsnip or carrot, used in medicine. Cf. <er>Burdock</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants (<spn>Rumex</spn>), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Yellow dock</i> is <spn>Rumex crispus</spn>, with smooth curly leaves and yellow root, which that of other species is used medicinally as an astringent and tonic.</note>

<h1>Dock</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Dock</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>dockr</ets> a short tail, Fries. <ets>dok</ets> a little bundle or bunch, G. <ets>docke</ets> bundle, skein, a short and thick column.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting.</def>

<i>Grew.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.</def>

<h1>Dock</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Dock</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Docked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Docking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Dock</er> a tail. Cf. W. <ets>tociaw</ets>, and <ets>twciaw</ets>, to dock, clip.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; <as>as, to <ex>dock</ex> the tail of a horse</as>.</def>

<blockquote>His top was <b>docked</b> like a priest biforn. <i> Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; <as>as, to <ex>dock</ex> one's wages</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cut off, bar, or destroy; <as>as, to <ex>dock</ex> an entail</as>.</def>

<h1>Dock</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Dock</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Akin to D. <ets>dok</ets>; of uncertain origin; cf. LL. <ets>doga</ets> ditch, L. <ets>doga</ets> ditch, L. <ets>doga</ets> sort of vessel, Gr. <?/ receptacle, fr. <?/ to receive.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; <as>as, to be down on the <ex>dock</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands.</def>

<cs><col>Balance dock</col>, <cd>a kind of <i>floating dock<i> which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers.</cd> -- <col>Dry dock</col>, <cd>a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep water, but having appliances for excluding it; -- used in constructing or repairing ships. The name includes structures used for the examination, repairing, or building of vessels, as <i>graving docks<i>, <i>floating docks<i>, <i>hydraulic docks<i>, etc.</cd> -- <col>Floating dock</col>, <cd>a dock which is made to become buoyant, and, by floating, to lift a vessel out of water.</cd> -- <col>Graving dock</col>, <cd>a dock for holding a ship for graving or cleaning the bottom, etc.</cd> -- <col>Hydraulic dock</col>, <cd>a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of the water by hydraulic presses.</cd> -- <col>Naval dock</col>, <cd>a dock connected with which are naval stores, materials, and all conveniences for the construction and repair of ships.</cd> -- <col>Sectional dock</col>, <cd>a form of <i>floating dock<i> made in separate sections or caissons.</cd> -- <col>Slip dock</col>, <cd>a dock having a sloping floor that extends from deep water to above high-water mark, and upon which is a railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship.</cd> -- <col>Wet dock</col>, <cd>a dock where the water is shut in, and kept at a given level, to facilitate the loading and unloading of ships; -- also sometimes used as a place of safety; a basin.</cd></cs>