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See also: Docken
English
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Noun
docken
- (Scotland, Northern England, Ireland) A dock (plant); Rumex obtusifolius or Rumex crispus.
- 1834, Michael Scott, Tom Cringle's Log, Volume 1, Baudry's European Library, page 304:
- "But the docken, man," said I— "fusionless as a docken—how classic! what an exclamation to proceed from the mouth of a solemn Don!"
"No gibes regarding the docken," promptly chimed in Bang; "it is a highly respectable vegetable, let me tell you, and useful on occasion, which is more."
- 1892, Oliver Heslop, Northumberland Words, Volume 1, English Dialect Society, page 240:
- The leaves are accounted an antidote for the pricking of a stinging nettle. Children rub the sting with a docken leaf, repeating the words, "Nettle oot; docken in."
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
docken (weak, third-person singular present dockt, past tense dockte, past participle gedockt, auxiliary haben)
- to dock
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Middle English
Verb
docken
- alternative form of dokkyn
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