doctor, doctour, doctur

[Lat. from doctus, pa. par. of doceo to teach; Fr. docteur: Prov. & Sp. doctor; Port. dout or; Ital. dottore.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. A man skilled or learned in any profe ion; a " Dokkyn, or smytyn awey the tayle. Decaudo." -Prompt. teacher, a profe or, an instructor. Parv . 2. Figuratively : (1) To cut anything short, to curtail, to abridge. "One or two stood constant centry, who docked all favors handed down."- Swift : Examiner. (2) To cut down, to deduct a part from: as, To dock an account. †(3) To deprive of a part of: as, To dock a person of his liberty, state, honors, . "We know they [bishops] hate to be dockt and clipt."Milton: Reformation in England , bk. i. (4) To flog, to beat. ( Scotch .) II. Law : To cut off, to destroy, to bar: as, To dock an entail.