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docken

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English

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Noun

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docken

  1. (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

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Etymology

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    Dock +‎ -en

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    docken (weak, third-person singular present dockt, past tense dockte, past participle gedockt, auxiliary haben)

    1. to dock

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    Further reading

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    • docken” in Duden online
    • docken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)

    Middle English

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    Verb

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    docken

    1. alternative form of dokkyn