See Also: dock(1)(dictionary)
dock(encyclopedia)
dock(2)(dictionary)
dock(3)(dictionary)
Dock(medicine)
dock(4)(dictionary)
dock(5)(dictionary)
dock(6)(dictionary)
dry dock(dictionary)
Harvey's Dock(tourism)

mount(2) (iou) and dock(4) (iou)


mount(2) (iou)



mount noun2. LME.
[from MOUNT verb. Perh. also infl. by French monte.]
= AMOUNT noun. LME-M17.
An act of mounting (rare); a manner of mounting. Also (orig. slang), an act of copulation. L15.
A support in or on which something is set or placed or to which something is fixed, esp. for the purpose of display; spec. (a) a margin surrounding a picture etc., a card or Other backing to which a drawing etc. is fastened; (b) a glass slide to which an object is secured for viewing by microscope; (c) a setting for a gem; (d) a stamp-hinge or Other device for the arrangement and display of stamps in an album etc.; (e) the frame or support of a fan made of pieces of wood, ivory, etc.; (f) Photography a fitting to support a camera lens, esp. one on a camera with interchangeable lenses. Also in pl., ornamental metal edges, borders, etc., esp. of decorative furniture. M18.
A horse, bicycle, etc., on which a person is mounted; a horse etc. provided for a person's riding. colloq. M19.
E. Elmhirst Others merely give their mounts a kick in the ribs and gallop onwards. G. Harris There was hardly enough fodder for the soldiers' mounts.
An opportunity for riding, esp. as a jockey. M19.
Illustrated London News The custom is to pay at least twenty-five pounds for a mount in the Derby.
A stuffed and mounted skin, esp. of a bird. M20.
British Birds The female mount..had a half-spread tail.

dock(4) (iou)



dock noun4. L16.
[Prob. orig. a cant word and identical with Flemish dok fowl-pen, rabbit-hutch.]
The enclosure in a courtroom in which the prisoner is placed during a criminal trial. Orig., one filled with prisoners whose trial was scheduled for the day (see bail-dock s.v. BAIL noun2).
in the dock fig. under scrutiny or interrogation for some suspected misdeed.
Comb.: dock brief a brief handed in court directly to a barrister selected from those present by a prisoner in the dock (instead of through the agency of a solicitor).
? Hardly known before E19 exc. in bail-dock.