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n. [ Corrupt. fr. bois d'arc. ] The Osage orange. [ Southwestern U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a remote and undeveloped area; -- sometimes used deprecatingly.
Syn. -- backwoods, back country, hinterland. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Spenser's “Faërie Queene.” ] 1. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bur + dock the plant. ] (Bot.) A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool of animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common burdock is the Lappa officinalis. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ Prob. fr. can + dock (the plant). Cf. G. kannenkraut horsetail, lit. “canweed.” ] (Bot.) A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a sprout + &unr_; a horn. ] (Zool.) An order of the Entomostraca. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have a bivalve shell, covering the body but not the head, and from four to six pairs of legs and two pairs of antenæ, for use in swimming. They mostly inhabit fresh water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cnida + cilium eyelash. ] (Zool.) The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Prov. E. dad a large piece. ] The rotten body of a tree. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. docens, -entis, p. pr. of docere to teach. ] Serving to instruct; teaching. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. &unr_; to appear. ] (Eccl. Hist.) Ancient heretics who held that Christ's body was merely a phantom or appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docetæ. “Docetic Gnosticism.” Plumptre. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of the Docetæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Pros.) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Pros.) A foot of five syllables (usually &unr_; -- -&unr_; -).

a. [ L. docibilis, fr. docere to teach. ] Easily taught or managed; teachable. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. docibilitas. ] Aptness for being taught; teachableness; docility. [ 1913 Webster ]

To persons of docibility, the real character may be easily taught in a few days. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The docibleness of dogs in general. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. docilis, fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. &unr_;, and L. discere to learn, Gr. &unr_; learned, &unr_; knowing: cf. F. docile. Cf. Doctor, Didactic, Disciple. ] 1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. [ 1913 Webster ]

The elephant is at once docible and docile. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. docilitas, fr. docilis: cf. F. docilité. ] 1. teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Willingness to be taught; tractableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The humble docility of little children is, in the New Testament, represented as a necessary preparative to the reception of the Christian faith. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; an assay, examination, fr. &unr_; to examine (Metals), fr. &unr_; assayed, tested, fr. &unr_; to take, approve: cf. F. docimasie. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. docimastique. ] Proving by experiments or tests. [ 1913 Webster ]

Docimastic art, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a test + -logy. ] A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Teachableness. [ Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. dockr a short tail, Fries. dok a little bundle or bunch, G. docke bundle, skein, a short and thick column. ] 1. 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. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

His top was docked like a priest biforn. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Akin to D. dok; of uncertain origin; cf. LL. doga ditch, L. doga ditch, L. doga sort of vessel, Gr. &unr_; receptacle, fr. &unr_; to receive. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands. [ 1913 Webster ]

Balance dock, a kind of floating dock which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers. --
Dry dock, 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 graving docks, floating docks, hydraulic docks, etc. --
Floating dock, a dock which is made to become buoyant, and, by floating, to lift a vessel out of water. --
Graving dock, a dock for holding a ship for graving or cleaning the bottom, etc. --
Hydraulic dock, a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of the water by hydraulic presses. --
Naval dock, a dock connected with which are naval stores, materials, and all conveniences for the construction and repair of ships. --
Sectional dock, a form of floating dock made in separate sections or caissons. --
Slip dock, 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. --
Wet dock, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A charge for the use of a dock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Nipplewort. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.
Syn. -- stevedore, loader, longshoreman, dockhand, dock worker, dock-walloper, lumper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Dock to cut off + dim. suffix -et. ] 1. A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) (a) An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an action, or register or such entries; a book of original, kept by clerks of courts, containing a formal list of the names of parties, and minutes of the proceedings, in each case in court. (b) (U. S.) A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly. [ 1913 Webster ]

On the docket, in hand; in the plan; under consideration; in process of execution or performance. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Docketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Docketing. ] 1. To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) (a) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed. (b) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.
Syn. -- stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dock worker, dock-walloper, lumper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Naut.) a act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes or anchors.
Syn. -- mooring, tying up, dropping anchor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Astronautics) the coming together and joining of two space vehicles. The joining usually is accomplished by bringing special connecting devices, the docking ports, into contact, and fastening the ships together by clamping devices. The docking ports are often fitted so as to allow a passage to be opened between the two space vehciles, and thus to permit transfer of materials or personnel between them. [ PJC ]

n. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port.
Syn. -- stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, lumper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a beam + &unr_; the tongue. ] (Zool.) An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Docket. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Doctored p. pr. & vb. n. Doctoring. ] 1. To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To practice physic. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile. ] 1. A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge; a learned man. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An academical title, originally meaning a man so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician. [ 1913 Webster ]

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death
Will seize the doctor too. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) The friar skate. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Doctors' Commons. See under Commons. --
Doctor's stuff, physic, medicine. G. Eliot. --
Doctor fish (Zool.), any fish of the genus Acanthurus; the surgeon fish; -- so called from a sharp lancetlike spine on each side of the tail. Also called barber fish. See Surgeon fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. doctoral. ] Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Doctoral habit and square cap. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a doctor.[ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. doctorat. ] The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make (one) a doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female doctor.[ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a doctor or learned man. [ Obs. ] “Doctorly prelates.” Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Doctorate. [ R. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]