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101Wet dock — Dock 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 inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, used for the… …
102Dock — Contents 1 In transportation 2 In natural sciences 3 In molecular biology …
103Mort's Dock — Workers at Mort s Dock lay the keel plate for a new vessel shortly after HMAS Deloraine was launched in 1941. Mort s Dock is a former dry dock, slipway, and shipyard in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia. It was the first dry dock in Australia …
104Space dock — For the fictional space station called Space Dock , see Space Dock (Space: 1999). A space dock is a (currently still fictional) type of dry dock for spaceships or starships, which would most likely be located in a low planetary orbit. However,… …
105Millwall Dock — is a dock at Millwall, south of Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs, in London. Contents 1 History 2 The area today 3 References 4 …
106Glasson Dock — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 53.997925 longitude= 2.849315 map type= Lancashire official name= Glasson Dock population = shire district= City of Lancaster shire county = Lancashire region= North West England constituency… …
107floating dock — noun dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised • Syn: ↑floating dry dock • Hypernyms: ↑dry dock, ↑drydock, ↑graving dock …
108graving dock — noun a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline • Syn: ↑dry dock, ↑drydock • Hypernyms: ↑dock, ↑dockage, ↑docking facility • Hyponyms: ↑ …
109Space Dock (Space: 1999) — Space Dock Space Dock (aka Interplanetary Space Station, Meta Probe Launch Platform Centauri Space Station) First appearance Breakaway Affiliation Moonbase Alpha …
110floating dock — float′ing dock′ n. naut. navig. a submersible floating structure that can raise a vessel out of the water and serve as a dry dock. Also called float′ing dry′ dock • Etymology: 1865–70 …
