DOCIMACY
Doc"i*ma*cy, n. Etym: [Gr. docimasie.]
Defn: The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.
DOCIMASTIC
Doc`i*mas"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. docimastique.]
Defn: Proving by experiments or tests. Docimastic art, metallurgy, or the art of assaying metals; the art of separating metals from foreign matters, and determining the nature and quantity of metallic substances contained in any ore or mineral.
DOCIMOLOGY
Doc`i*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc.
DOCITY
Doc"i*ty, n.
Defn: Teachableness. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]
DOCK Dock, n. Etym: [AS. docce; of uncertain origin; cf. G. docken- blätter, Gael. dogha burdock, OF. doque; perh. akin to L. daucus, daucum, Gr. Burdock.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.