Webster's Dictionary 1913

5185

Dock (4)

Dock, n. [Akin to D. dok; of uncertain origin; cf. LL. doga ditch, L. doga ditch, L. doga sort of vessel, Gr. � receptacle, fr. � to receive.] 1. An artificial basin or an inclo...

5186

Dock (5)

Dock (?), v. t. To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.

5187

Dock-cress

Dock″–cress′ (?), n.(Bot.) Nipplewort.

5188

Dockage

Dock″age (?), n. A charge for the use of a dock.

5189

Docket

Dock″et (?), 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.2. A bill tied to goods, cont...

5190

Docket (2)

Dock″et, 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 c...

5191

Dockyard

Dock″yard′ (?), n. A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding.

5192

Docoglossa

‖Doc′o‐glos″sa (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.

5193

Docquet

Doc″quet (?), n. & v. See Docket.

5194

Doctor

Doc″tor (?), 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.One of the do...

5195

Doctor (2)

Doc″tor, 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....

5196

Doctor (3)

Doc″tor, v. i. To practice physic.

5197

Doctoral

Doc″tor‐al, a. [Cf. F. doctoral.] Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor.Doctoral habit and square cap. Wood.

5198

Doctorally

Doc″tor‐al‐ly, adv. In the manner of a doctor.

5199

Doctorate

Doc″tor‐ate (?), n. [Cf. F. doctorat.] The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.

5200

Doctorate (2)

Doc″tor‐ate (?), v. t. To make (one) a doctor.He was bred... in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller.

5201

Doctoress

Doc″tor‐ess, n. A female doctor.

5202

Doctorly

Doc″tor‐ly, a. Like a doctor or learned man. “Doctorly prelates.” Foxe.

5203

Doctorship

Doc″tor‐ship, n. Doctorate. Clarendon.

5204

Doctress

Doc″tress (?), n. A female doctor.

5205

Doctrinable

Doc″tri‐na‐ble (?), a. Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine. Sir P. Sidney.

5206

Doctrinaire

‖Doc′tri‐naire″ (?), n. [F. See Doctrine.] One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a...

5207

Doctrinal

Doc″tri‐nal (dŏk″trĭ‐nal), a. [LL. doctrinalis, fr. L. doctrina: cf. F. doctrinal. See Doctrine.] 1. Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believe...

5208

Doctrinal (2)

Doc″tri‐nal, n. A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines. T. Goodwin. Sir T. Elyot.

5209

Doctrinally

Doc″tri‐nal‐ly, adv. In a doctrinal manner or form; by way of teaching or positive direction.

5210

Doctrinarian

Doc″tri‐na″ri‐an (?), n. A doctrinaire. J. H. Newman.

5211

Doctrinarianism

Doc′tri‐na″ri‐an‐ism (?), n. The principles or practices of the Doctrinaires.