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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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docken
noun
the common dock plant
Rumex obtusifolius
17-
.
etymology:
Scots; Older Scots
dokkan
docken
from
circa
1460; Middle English
doken
,
dokan
, probably from Old English
doccan
plural and inflected singular of
docce
; attested by
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