dockrent

The charge made for warehousing or storing goods in a dock. dock-warrant, s. Comm.: A kind of receipt given by the owner of a dock in return for goods deposited with him. It pa es freely from hand to hand like a bill of exchange, but differs from it in this respect, that no exchange is implied in the transaction. A dock warrant refers to certain goods, goes with those goods, and is of no value apart from them. It gives the holder a claim to those specific goods, and not merely to something of equal value, as a bill of exchange does. Dock-warrants are often deposited with bankers as security for money advanced by way of loan. ( Bithell .) dock-yard, 8. A yard or inclosed magazine near a harbor, in which are deposited all kinds of nece ary stores and materials for ve els. "I suggested that he might go to a dock - yard , and work, as Peter the Great did." - Boswell: Tour to the He brides, p. 304. dock (1),* dock-en, *dok-kyn, v . t . [Dock (2), s. Or perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. Welsh tocio =to clip, to dock. ( Skeat .)] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit .: To cut off or away the tail, to cut short. 1492 dock'-age (age as ig), s. [Eng. dock; -age.] 1. Accommodation in docks. 2. A charge made for docking or moving ve els in a dock. docked (1), *docket, *dockyd, pa. par. or a. [Dock (1), v.] docked (2), pa. par. or a. [Dock (2), v.] dock-en, s. [Dock (1), 8.] The plant Dock Rumex obtusifolius, . ( Scotch.) "Na, na, Lizzy, I'm no sae scant of claith as to sole my hose wi' a docken." -Saxon and Guel, iii. 76. IMG:content-0304.png:[blocks in formation] 4. A summary or list of busine to be done any meeting. II. Law: 1. A summary or digest of a long paper or papers; a small piece of paper or parchment containing an abstract or the heads of any writing. 2. A register of judgments. 3. An alphabetical list of cases for trial in a court or of the names of the parties to such cases. dock-ět, doc-quět (qu as k), v . t . [DOCKET, 8.] 1. To make an abstract, digest, or summary of the heads of a writing, paper, or document, and enter it in a book. 2. To make an abstract or note of the contents of a paper on the back. "Whatever letters and papers you keep, docket and tie them up in their respective cla es."-Lord Chesterfield. 3. To mark with a docket. dock-ět-ěd, pa. par. or a. [DOCKET, v.] dock-ing (1), pr. par., a. & 8. [Dock (1), υ.] *A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of cutting short, curtailing or abridging. dock-ing (2), pr. par., a. & s. [Dock (2), υ.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or proce of placing or putting into a dock. *doc-til-o-quoŭs (qu as kw), a. 「Lat. from doctus learned, and loquor = to speak.) Using learned expre ions. ( Ash .)