Spatter |
To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud. |
v. t. |
Spatter |
To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to spatter blood. |
v. t. |
Spatter |
Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner. |
v. t. |
Spatter |
To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter. |
v. i. |
Water dock |
A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum. |
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Dock |
A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination. |
n. |
Dock |
The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting. |
n. |
Dock |
A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse. |
n. |
Dock |
to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse. |
v. t. |
Dock |
To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages. |
v. t. |
Dock |
To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail. |
v. t. |
Dock |
An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide. |
n. |
Dock |
The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock. |
n. |
Dock |
The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands. |
n. |
Dock |
To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc. |
v. t. |
Dock-cress |
Nipplewort. |
n. |
Dry dock |
See under Dock. |
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