CHAPTER II.
"Deark d'on Dearka." ("_Beg of a Beggar_.") _Irish Proverb_.
"...

From her way of speaking they also saw immediately that she too was an Eirisher....

They must be a bonny family when they are all at home!"-- _The Life of Mansie Tailor in Dalkeith_.
"Dock" (so ran the 536th of the 'Penny Numbers') is "a place artificially formed for the reception of ships, the entrance of which is generally closed by gates.

There are two kinds of docks, dry-docks and wet-docks.

The former are used for receiving ships in order to their being inspected and repaired.