Hypertext Webster Gateway: "docked"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dock \Dock\, v. t. [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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
docked
adj 1: that in a dock; "a docked ship"
2: (of animals) having ears or tail cut short; "doberman
pinschers with docked tails and ears" [syn: {clipped}]
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