Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
DOCK
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English docce; akin to Middle Dutch docke dock Date: before 12th century any of a genus ( Rumex ) of coarse weedy plants of the buckwheat family having long taproots and sometimes used as potherbs, any of several usually broad-leaved weedy plants (as of the genus Silphium ),
II. noun
Etymology: Middle English dok, perhaps from Old English -docca (as in fingirdocca finger muscle); akin to Old High German tocka doll, Old Norse dokka bundle
Date: 14th century
the solid part of an animal's tail as distinguished from the hair, the part of an animal's tail left after it has been shortened,
III. transitive verb
Date: 14th century
1. to cut off the end of a body part of, to cut (as ears or a tail) short,
2. to take away a part of ; abridge , to subject (as wages) to a deduction, to penalize by depriving of a benefit ordinarily due,
IV. noun
Etymology: Middle English dokke, probably from Middle Dutch docke
Date: 15th century
a usually artificial basin or enclosure for the reception of ships that is equipped with means for controlling the water height, slip II,1b,
3. a place (as a wharf or platform) for the loading or unloading of materials, a usually wooden pier used as a landing place or moorage for boats,
V. verb
Date: 1600
transitive verb to haul or guide into or alongside a dock, to join (as two spacecraft) mechanically while in space, intransitive verb to come into or alongside a dock, to become docked, V
I. noun
Etymology: Dutch dialect (Flanders) docke cage
Date: 1586
the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial