dockage

dockage
dockage1
/dok"ij/, n.
1. a charge for the use of a dock.
2. docking accommodations.
3. the act of docking a ship.
[1700-10; DOCK1 + -AGE]
dockage2
/dok"ij/, n.
1. a curtailment; deduction, as from wages.
2. waste material in wheat and other grains that is easily removed.
[1885-90; DOCK2 + -AGE]

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