<B>docent, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a lecturer at a college or university. A docent is often a graduate student, not on the regular faculty. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person trained as a guide and lecturer to conduct groups through a picture gallery, museum, etc. </DL>
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<B>docentship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the position or function of a docent. <DD><B> 2. </B>the time of being a docent. </DL>
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<B>Docetae, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sect of heretics from the early Christian Church, who held that Christ's body was not human and that the sufferings of the earthly Christ were only apparent but not real. </DL>
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<B>Docete, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member or follower of the Docetae; Docetist. </DL>
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<B>Docetic</B> or <B>docetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Docetae. </DL>
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<B>Docetism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the beliefs of the Docetae. </DL>
<A NAME="docetist">
<B>Docetist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a follower of Docetic teaching; Docete. </DL>
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<B>doch-an-dorris, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a farewell drink; stirrup cup. </DL>
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<B>dochmiac, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a dochmius. </DL>
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<B>dochmius, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mii.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a foot of five syllables in ancient Greek and Latin verse usually with the first syllable and fourth short and the rest long. </DL>
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<B>docile, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>easily managed; obedient. <BR> <I>Ex. Persons who are just starting to ride should use a docile horse.</I> (SYN) tractable. <DD><B> 2. </B>easily taught; willing to learn. <BR> <I>Ex. The docile pupils in the class usually get the highest marks in conduct.</I> (SYN) teachable. adv. <B>docilely.</B> </DL>
<B>docimastic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a docimasy. </DL>
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<B>docimasy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-sies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(in ancient Greece) a judicial inquiry into the fitness of candidates for public office or citizenship. <DD><B> 2. </B>the process of determining something by test, such as the quality of metals or drugs, or whether a child was born alive. </DL>
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<B>dock</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a platform built on the shore or out from the shore; wharf. Ships load and unload beside a dock. <DD><B> 2. </B>the water between two piers, permitting the entrance of ships. <DD><B> 3. </B>a place where a ship may be repaired, often built watertight so that the water may be kept high or pumped out. <DD><B> 4. </B>a place for inspecting or repairing aircraft. <DD><B> 5. </B>a room in a theater for the storage of scenery. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to bring (a ship) to dock; tie up at a dock. <BR> <I>Ex. The sailors docked the ship and began to unload it.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=dry-dock.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>to join (two spacecraft, such as a command module and a lunar module or a space station and a shuttle) while in space. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to come into a dock; moor at a dock. <BR> <I>Ex. The ship docked during the night.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to be joined with another spacecraft while in space. <BR> <I>Ex. The manned orbital workshop was assembled yesterday when the three-man ferry craft Soyuz II docked with the Salyut, a big instrumented station that was sent aloft without a crew on April 19 (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>dock</B> (2), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cut down; cut some off of. <BR> <I>Ex. The company docked the men's wages if they came late to work.</I> (SYN) curtail. <DD><B> 2. </B>to cut short; cut off the end of. Horses' and dogs' tails are sometimes docked. (SYN) truncate. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the solid, fleshy part of an animal's tail. <DD><B> 2. </B>the part of a tail left after cutting or clipping. </DL>
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<B>dock</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the place where an accused person stands in a law court to be tried. <BR><I>expr. <B>in</B> (or <B>on</B>) <B>the dock,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>being tried. </I> <I>Ex. 18 members of the Ku Klux Klan ... were in the dock in a trial that had drawn national attention (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) facing accusation or censure; being in a defensive position. <BR> <I>Ex. Liberalism is on the dock (London Times). The United States was obviously relieved to find the Russians in the dock once again (Max Frankel).</I> </DL>
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<B>dock</B> (4), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various large, coarse weeds having sour or bitter leaves and clusters of greenish flowers; sorrel. It belongs to the buckwheat family. <BR> <I>Ex. Their cornland will remain choked with dock, thistle and couch (J. W. Robertson Scott).</I> </DL>
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<B>dockage</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a place to dock ships. <BR> <I>Ex. Plans include 3,500 feet of deep-sea dockage in Lake Calumet (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a charge for using a dock. <DD><B> 3. </B>the docking of ships. </DL>
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<B>dockage</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of cutting down; act of cutting some off. </DL>
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<B>dockaminium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a berth for a boat or ship sold as a piece of real estate. </DL>
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<B>docker</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who works on a dock; dockworker; longshoreman. <BR> <I>Ex. 11,000 dockers were able to work on vessels completing loading and unloading (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who lives near docks. </DL>
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<B>docker</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that docks, cuts short, or cuts off. </DL>
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<B>docket, </B>noun, verb, <B>-eted,</B> <B>-eting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a list of lawsuits to be tried by a court. <BR> <I>Ex. crowded Federal court dockets.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a summary or list of law-court decisions. <DD><B> 3. </B>any list of matters to be considered by some person or group. <DD><B> 4. </B>a label or ticket giving the contents, such as those of a package or document. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to enter on a docket. <BR> <I>Ex. So far this year he has docketed 22 new cases (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make a summary or list of (law-court decisions). <DD><B> 3. </B>to mark with a docket. <BR><I>expr. <B>clear the docket,</B> </I>(U.S.) to dispose of, especially by bringing to trial or dismissing the cases pending before a court. <BR> <I>Ex. The court had cleared the docket by sitting to unseemly hours of the night (Booth Tarkington).</I> </DL>
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<B>dockhand, </B>noun. <B>=dockworker.</B></DL>
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<B>docking, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the joining of orbiting or navigating spacecraft. <BR> <I>Ex. Rendezvous and docking in orbit is a difficult operation; even with men in charge. The first Gemini attempt nearly ended in disaster (Science Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>dockland, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) an area of piers and wharves in a port. <BR> <I>Ex. He gave a press conference in the rough-and-tumble slum area of London's dockland (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
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<B>dockmackie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a shrub of the honeysuckle family, having small clusters of yellowish-white flowers and a red fruit which turns blue-black. </DL>
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<B>dockside, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the area on or at the side of a dock. <BR> <I>Ex. A whole new fleet of fast and attractive little vessels is tethered at the dockside (Atlantic).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>on or at the side of a dock. <BR> <I>Ex. a dockside terminal.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with a dock or docks, especially the general area around docks. <BR> <I>Ex. a dockside scene in a play.</I> </DL>
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<B>docksman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a man employed at a dock or docks. </DL>
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<B>dockwalloper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a longshoreman; docker. </DL>
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<B>dockwalloping, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) the work of a dockwalloper. </DL>
<A NAME="dockworker">
<B>dockworker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a longshoreman; docker. </DL>
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<B>dockyard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a place where ships are built, equipped, and repaired. A dockyard contains docks, workshops, and warehouses for supplies. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British.) a navy yard. </DL>
<A NAME="dockyardman">
<B>dockyardman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a man who works in a navy yard. </DL>
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<B>doctor, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person who knows how to treat diseases or physical or mental disorders; physician, dentist, or surgeon. A doctor must have a license to practice medicine. (Abbr:) Dr. <DD><B> 2. </B>any person who treats diseases. <BR> <I>Ex. a witch doctor.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who has the highest degree given by a university. <BR> <I>Ex. a Doctor of Philosophy, a Doctor of Laws.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the academic degree held by such a person. (Abbr:) Dr. <DD><B> 5. </B>any one of various mechanical devices for certain purposes, usually for curing defects, regulating, adjusting, or feeding, such as the doctor blade. <DD><B> 6. </B><B>=donkey engine.</B> <DD><B> 7. </B>a gaudy artificial fly used in angling. <DD><B> 8. </B>(Archaic.) a learned man; teacher. <BR> <I>Ex. Who shall decide, when doctors disagree? (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>(Archaic Slang.) a false or loaded die. <DD><I>v.t. </I> (Informal.) <B>1. </B>to treat disease in (a person, animal, or, sometimes, plants). <BR> <I>Ex. Mother doctors us for ordinary colds and stomachaches.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to tamper with. <BR> <I>Ex. The dishonest cashier doctored the accounts. Police documents have disappeared ... have been burned, have been doctored (New Yorker).</I> (SYN) falsify, adulterate. <DD><B> 3. </B>to repair; mend. <BR> <I>Ex. The old man carefully doctored the split in the cane seat.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Informal.) <B>1. </B>to be a doctor; practice medicine. <BR> <I>Ex. "They say there's no money in doctoring these days," said the man (Punch).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to take medicine. </DL>
