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dry dock a basin-like structure that is large enough to admit a ship and that can be pumped dry for work on the ship's bottom dry dock [′drī ‚däk] (civil engineering) A dock providing support for a vessel and a means for removing the water so that the bottom of the vessel can be exposed. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The engineers visited the Scotia, which was put in dry dock. A hulk came along- side, took our cargo, and then we went into dry dock to get our copper stripped. It is true, we are such poor navigators that our thoughts, for the most part, stand off and on upon a harborless coast, are conversant only with the bights of the bays of poesy, or steer for the public ports of entry, and go into the dry docks of science, where they merely refit for this world, and no natural currents concur to individualize them. |
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