Definition of Docks

1. Noun. (plural of dock) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of dock) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Docks

1. dock [v] - See also: dock

Lexicographical Neighbors of Docks

dockising
dockize
dockized
dockizes
dockizing
dockland
docklands
dockless
docklike
dockmackie
dockmackies
dockmaster
dockmasters
dockominium
dockominiums
docks (current term)
dockside
docksides
dockworker
dockworkers
dockworking
dockyard
dockyards
doco
docodont
docodonts
docoglossa
docos
docosadienoic
docosadienoic acid

Literary usage of Docks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"West and East India docks. Millwall docks. Blackball Tunnel. Victoria and Albert docks ... The docks may be reached by Steamer from London Bridge (p. ..."

2. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"MERSEY docks v. LIVERPOOL. The difficulties are found principally in the case of water companies and gas companies ; but as to them there is a very ..."

3. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"There remained, therefore, only two plans under consideration ; and though, as observed in the Report, docks might be advantageously established in each of ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"The Barry docks.1 Dij JOHN WOLFE BARRY, M.Inst.OE The Barry docks, which are now approaching completion, are situated on the north shore of the Bristol ..."

5. The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times by Edward Augustus Freeman (1892)
"IT is quite plain that the Syracusans at this time had docks in two places, in the Great Harbour and also in the Lesser. It is equally plain that those in ..."

6. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate, House of representatives, United States, Congress (1877)
"Same section, lines 46 and 47, strike out the words " engineer of docks," and insert the word "commissioner." Same section, line 52, strike out the words ..."

7. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The improvements at Antwerp are not confined to the construction of new docks. The quays flanking the Scheldt are 3} m. in length. ..."

8. London and Its Environs: Including Excursions to Brighton, the Isle of Wight by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1878)
"Commercial docks. Regent's Canal. West and East India docks. Victoria docks. One of the most interesting Bights of London is the Port, with its immense ..."

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