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  • 1Dock Boggs — Birth name Moran Lee Boggs Born February 7, 1898(1898 02 07) Norton, Virginia, United States Died February 7, 1971(1971 02 07) (aged 73) Needmore, Virginia, United States …

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  • 2dock dues — ➔ dues * * * dock dues UK US noun [plural] TRANSPORT, COMMERCE ► money that a shipping company must pay for the use of a port: »Liverpool retaliated by charging enormous dock dues on Manchester s cotton imports …

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  • 3dock — ▪ I. dock dock 1 [dɒk ǁ dɑːk] noun [countable] 1. TRANSPORT a place in a port where ships are loaded and unloaded: • Oil can go by pipeline to a nearby dock where tankers can load it. 2. docks [plural] a port area …

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  • 4dock — dock1 [dɔk US da:k] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Dutch; Origin: docke] 1.) a place in a port where ships are loaded, unloaded, or repaired →↑dry dock ▪ A crowd was waiting at the dock to greet them. in dock ▪ The ship is in dock for repairs. 2.) …

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  • 5dock — 1 noun 1 (C) a place in a port where ships are loaded and unloaded: A crowd was waiting at the dock to greet them. | in dock: The ship is now in dock for repairs. see also: dry dock 2 (C) the part of a law court where the person being tried (try1 …

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  • 6dock — dock1 /dok/, n. 1. a landing pier. 2. the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as for receiving a ship while in port. 3. such a waterway, enclosed or open, together with the surrounding piers, wharves, etc. 4. See dry dock. 5. a… …

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  • 7dock — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 place for loading/unloading ships ADJECTIVE ▪ commercial ▪ coal, fish, etc. ▪ boat, ferry, shipping (all esp. AmE) …

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  • 8dock — I. /dɒk / (say dok) noun 1. a wharf. 2. the space or waterway between two piers or wharves, as for receiving a ship while in port. 3. such a waterway, enclosed or open, together with the surrounding piers, wharves, etc. 4. → dry dock. 5. a semi… …

  • 9pay — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hourly, monthly, weekly ▪ full, half (both esp. BrE) ▪ He has taken leave on half pay. ▪ …

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  • 10dock — {{11}}dock (n.1) ship s berth, late 15c., from M.Du. or M.L.G. docke, perhaps ultimately (via L.L. *ductia aqueduct ) from L. ducere to lead (see DUKE (Cf. duke) (n.)); or possibly from a Scandinavian word for low ground (Cf. Norw. dokk hollow,… …

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