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But hateful Docks, rough Thistles, Kecksies, Burs. | | Henry V, act v, sc. 2 (51). | | | (2) | Antonio. | He'd sow it with Nettle seed, | | Sebastian. | Or Docks, or Mallows. | | Tempest, act ii, sc. 1 (145). | The Dock may be dismissed with little note or comment, merely remarking that the name is an old one, and is variously spelled as dokke, dokar, doken, &c. An old name for the plant was "Patience;" the "bitter patience" of Spenser, which is supposed by Dr. Prior to be a corruption of Passions.
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