Sailors Might Leave These Details

• an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

• any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

• a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

• a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

• landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

• the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair

• a short or shortened tail of certain animals

• come into dock

• deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

• deduct from someone's wages

• remove or shorten the tail of an animal

• maneuver into a dock

• (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

• A salt-water crocodile (or estuarine crocodile).

• An ocean-going ship that enters the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence Seaway.

• The saltwater fluke or dab.