docken

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English

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Noun

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."

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Dock +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: do‧cken

Verb

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

  1. to dock

Conjugation

Further reading

  • docken” in Duden online
  • docken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English

Verb

docken

  1. Alternative form of dokkyn