You'll Never Guess where they put the #Burdock (Horse-Food ... for the #GrantHill-Expedition in #KlondikeTheLostExpedition @Vizor_Games @Plarium) | @getFANDOM

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They lead you to find the horses some burdock on the page linked-to through 'that word' below; but first I want to understand that word better. And I find you understand words better if you look at 'the words at their base' (then going on to look at the words at those words' bases, then the words at those words' bases, etc.-etc. ad infinitum)
The name for the |Coarse, Weedy Plant “Burdock” is a compound of the words #Bur & #Dock. 
The word "Bur (& #Burry)" is built on ancient words that mean |Bristle.

And that sense of "Dock" (a classification of tall weeds) is built on ancient words that mean Bundle, |Tuft; from a verb (like #Docked #Docking #Docks ... originally meaning "to cut off an animal's tail," now meaning "to deduct from one's pay (for some infraction)") which is built on ancient words that mean "something |Round" (which is also the base of words that meant Smart |Girl, |Bunch, Ball (of |Twine, |Straw etc.), small Column, |Doll). 

While I'm discussing "Dock," I might as well cover its other senses. The 'where a ship makes its berth'-sense (with #Docksider #Dockyard ... originally for boats, transferred to the #spacedock ... possibly another result of |Roddenberry's time in the Navy) might be built on ancient words that mean "to Lead (|Aqueduct)" or that mean "Low |Ground (Hollow)"---most-likely, as it refers more directly to the |Furrow a |Grounded |Vessel makes in a Mud-Bank. 

And the sense of "the accused's standing-place in a courtroom" (with #Docket) is built on ancient criminals' slang that means "a |Pen- or |Cage for Animals."

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