Meaning

noun an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

noun any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

noun a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

originA dock (etymology 3, noun sense 1, etymology 3, noun sense 2) for cruise ships A laptop docking (etymology 3, noun sense 5) station A GUI dock (etymology 3, noun sense 6) on Linux From Early Modern English meaning "area of mud in which a ship can rest at low tide, dock", borrowed from either Dutch dok (“dock, wharf”) or Middle Low German docke (“dock, wharf”), both from Middle Dutch docke (“port,…

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