Dock 8118 211015333 2008-05-08T12:19:46Z Anthony Appleyard 119438 /* See also */ link {{wiktionarypar|dock}} {{TOCright}} '''Dock''' may refer to: ===In transportation=== *[[Dock (maritime)]], an area of water for building or repairing or loading and unloading ships or ferries **[[Wharf]], a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, where ships are loaded and unloaded **[[Pier]], a raised walkway over water, supported by widely spread piles or pillars **[[Ferry slip]], a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat **[[Pontoon (boat)|Pontoon]], a buoyant device, used to support docks or floating bridges **[[Dry dock]], a narrow basin that can be flooded and drained to allow a load to come to rest on a dry platform ** [[Loading dock]] or [[Cargo bay]], an unloading area for trucks to deliver cargo **[[Jetty]] **[[Stevedore]], a worker who loads and unloads ships, also known as a ''docker'' or ''longshoreman'' *[[Space rendezvous]], if it includes docking ===In natural sciences=== *[[Rumex]], plants called docks and sorrels including [[narrow-leaf dock]] (''[[Rumex mexicanus]]''), [[curly dock]] or [[curled dock]] (''[[Rumex crispus]]''), [[broadleaf dock]] or [[butter dock]] (''[[Rumex obtusifolius]]'') and many other members of the ''Rumex'' genus *[[Burdock]], a group of biennial thistles *Some other species of plants such as [[prairie dock]] (''[[Silphium terebinthinaceum]]'', ''[[Silphium perfoliatum]]'', ''[[Parthenium integrifolium]]''), *[[Docking (molecular)]], a research technique for predicting the relative orientation of two molecules to each other in a bimolecular complex ===In computing=== *[[Docking station]], for a portable computer *[[Dock (computing)]], a graphical user interface feature ===Other=== *[[Docking (animal)]], the removal of part of an animal, often tail or ears :*[[Docking (dog)]] - the same practice restricted to dogs :*For use on humans, e.g. [[Mutilation#Docking as human punishment|as corporal punishment]], see [[Mutilation]] *[[The Docks Waterfront Entertainment Complex]] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada *[[Docking (sexual practice)#Male-male genital sex|Docking (sexual practice)]], a sexual act performed between two men. Specifically, when one man pulls his foreskin over the head of another man's penis. *The first level of the [[Heretic (video game)#Game levels|Heretic]] video game *The place where the defendant stands in a British courtroom (see [[Courtroom#Scotland|the layout of courts in Scotland]]) hence the expression "in the dock" *[[Docking, Norfolk]], a village in East Anglia, England *[[Dock (Hayden Scott-Barren)]], a UK [[manga]] illustrator ==See also== *[[Canid hybrid#Dog-fox hybrids|Dox]], a supposed hybrid between a dog and a fox *[[DOC]] (disambiguation) *[[London Docklands|Docklands]], the area in London {{disambig}} [[de:Dock]] [[fr:Dock]] [[ja:ドック]]