<B>docimastic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a docimasy. </DL>
<A NAME="docimasy">
<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>
<A NAME="dock">
<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>
<A NAME="dockage">
<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>
<A NAME="dockage">
<B>dockage</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of cutting down; act of cutting some off. </DL>
<A NAME="dockaminium">
<B>dockaminium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a berth for a boat or ship sold as a piece of real estate. </DL>
<A NAME="docker">
<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>
<A NAME="docker">
<B>docker</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that docks, cuts short, or cuts off. </DL>
<A NAME="docket">
<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>
<A NAME="dockhand">
<B>dockhand, </B>noun. =dockworker.</DL>
<A NAME="docking">
<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>
<A NAME="dockland">
<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>
<A NAME="dockmackie">
<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>
<A NAME="dockside">
<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>
<A NAME="docksman">
<B>docksman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a man employed at a dock or docks. </DL>
<A NAME="dockwalloper">
<B>dockwalloper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a longshoreman; docker. </DL>
<A NAME="dockwalloping">
<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>
<A NAME="dockyard">
<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>
<A NAME="doctor">
<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>
<A NAME="doctoral">
<B>doctoral, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having to do with a doctor or doctorate. <BR> <I>Ex. a doctoral dissertation.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having a doctorate. <DD><I>noun </I> (Informal.) a doctoral thesis or dissertation. </DL>
<A NAME="doctorand">
<B>doctorand, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a candidate for a doctor's degree. </DL>
<A NAME="doctorandus">
<B>doctorandus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-di.</B> =doctorand.</DL>
<A NAME="doctorate">
<B>doctorate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the degree of doctor given by a university. </DL>
<A NAME="doctorblade">
<B>doctor blade,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a blade used to remove excess material, especially from a rotating surface. <BR> <I>Ex. As the cylinder [of a printing press] revolves, a steel blade called a "doctor blade" wipes the surface clean (J. S. Mertle).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="doctoress">
<B>doctoress, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman doctor. </DL>
<A NAME="doctorfish">
<B>doctorfish, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fishes</B> or (collectively) <B>-fish.</B> =surgeonfish.</DL>
<A NAME="doctorless">
<B>doctorless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without a doctor or doctors. <BR> <I>Ex. Alaska is virtually doctorless (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="doctorscommons">
<B>Doctors' Commons,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. </B>the buildings formerly occupied by the College of Doctors of Civil Law in London (originally, the dining hall of the college), where the courts dealing with wills, matrimonial cases, and admiralty matters sat. <DD><B> 2. </B>the site on which these buildings formerly stood. </DL>
<A NAME="doctorsdegree">
<B>doctor's degree,</B> =doctorate.</DL>
<A NAME="doctorship">
<B>doctorship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position, character, or function of a doctor. </DL>
<A NAME="doctorsolution">
<B>doctor solution,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a solution, usually consisting of sodium and lead oxide, used in petroleum refining to remove certain impurities and bad odors. </DL>
<A NAME="doctress">
<B>doctress, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Rare.) a woman doctor. </DL>
