in botany. See Lapathum.

the manege, is used for a large case of leather, as long as the dock of a horse's tail, which serves it for a cover. The French call the dock *touffeuse*. It is made fast by straps to the crupper, and has leathern thongs that pass between his thighs, and along his flanks to the saddle-straps, in order to keep the tail tight, and to hinder it from whisking about.

maritime affairs, a fort of broad and deep trench, formed on the side of a harbour, or on the banks of a river; and commodiously fitted either to build ships, or receive them to be repaired and beamed therein. These forts of docks have generally strong flood-gates to prevent the flux of the tide from entering the dock while the ship is under repair.—There are likewise docks of another kind, called wet docks, where Dock Yards, certain magazines containing all sorts of naval stores and timber for ship-building. In England, the royal dock yards are at Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Deptford, Woolwich, and Sheerness. His majesty's ships and vessels of war are generally moored at these ports during the time of peace; and such as want repairing are taken into the docks, examined, and refitted for service.

The principal dock-yards are governed by a commissioner, resident at the port; who superintends all the masters of the officers, artificers, and labourers, employed in the dock-yard, and ordinary. He also controls their payment therein; examines the accounts; contracts, and draws bills on the navy-office to supply the deficiency of stores; and, finally, regulates whatever belongs to the dock-yard, maintaining due order in the respective offices.

These yards are generally supplied from the northern crowns with hemp, pitch, tar, rosin, canvas, oak-plank, and several other species. With regard to the masts, particularly those of the largest size, they are usually imported from New-England.