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Docking   /dˈɑkɪŋ/   Listen
Docking

noun
1.
The act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes.  Synonyms: dockage, moorage, tying up.



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"Docking" Quotes from Famous Books



... and madness have increased (statistically) to an appalling extent. The opponents of the little finger theory would therefore be pretty sure to allege that the amputations were spreading cancer and lunacy. The vaccination controversy is full of such contentions. So is the controversy as to the docking of horses' tails and the cropping of dogs' ears. So is the less widely known controversy as to circumcision and the declaring certain kinds of flesh unclean by the Jews. To advertize any remedy or operation, you have only to pick out all the most reassuring advances made by civilization, ...
— The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors • George Bernard Shaw



Words linked to "Docking" :   moorage, dock, arrival, docking fee



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