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ˈwater-dock
[dock n.1; cf. OE. éa-docce lit. river-dock, edocke.]
A name for various aquatic species of Rumex; formerly also applied to other broad-leaved water-plants.
c1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 94 Lappacium aquaticum, uel lappacium maius, angl. waterdokke uel edokke. 1538Elyot Dict., Hydrolapathon, water dockes. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. lxxviii. 312 Of water Dockes. c1710Petiver Cat. Ray's Eng. Herbal Tab. ii, Great Water Dock. 1882Jefferies Bevis III. 194 Great water-docks at the margin with leaves almost a yard long.
attrib.1496Bk. St. Albans, Fishing i j, In Iuyll take..the water docke leyf worme & the hornet worme togyder. 1757A. Cooper Distiller iii. lxx. (1760) 270 Of the Water-Dock-Root, five Ounces. 1807W. Roscoe Butterfly's Ball (1838) 20 A Mushroom their Table, and on it was laid A Water-dock Leaf, which a Table-cloth made. |