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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dock \Dock\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Docked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Docking}.] [See {Dock} a tail. Cf. W. tociaw, and twciaw, to dock, clip.]
1. to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.
His top was docked like a priest biforn. -- Chaucer.
2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.
3. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
docking \docking\ n.
1. (Naut.) a act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes or anchors.
Syn: mooring, tying up, dropping anchor. [WordNet 1.5]
2. (Astronautics) the coming together and joining of two space vehicles. The joining usually is accomplished by bringing special connecting devices, the docking ports, into contact, and fastening the ships together by clamping devices. The docking ports are often fitted so as to allow a passage to be opened between the two space vehciles, and thus to permit transfer of materials or personnel between them. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
docking
noun: the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes [syn: {moorage}, {tying up}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "docking": Earth insertion, LEM, LM, apogee, attitude-control rocket, ballistic capsule, burn, capsule, debarkation, deep-space ship, disembarkation, disembarkment, docking maneuver, dropping anchor, ferry rocket, fuel ship, going ashore, injection, insertion, landfall, landing, lunar excursion module, lunar module, manned rocket, module, moon ship, mooring, multistage rocket, orbit, parking orbit, perigee, reentry, rocket, shuttle rocket, soft landing, space capsule, space docking, space rocket, spacecraft, spaceship, tying up
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