δοκός

A. bearing-beam, main beam, esp. in the roof or floor of a house, Od. 22.176, Ar. Nu. 1496; any balk or beam, Il. 17.744, Th. 4.112; bar of a gate or door, Ar. V. 201: also, in pl., firewood, PFlor. 127.5 (iii A. D.): prov., ὁ τὴν δοκὸν φέρων one who has 'swallowed a poker', Arist. Rh. 1413b28; ἐν δοκοῖσι is prob. f. l. for ἐνδόκοισι in Archil. 66.3, cf. Hsch. s.v. ἔνδοκος.

II. a kind of meteor, Plin. HN 2.96, Lyd. Ost. 10b, Hsch.; cf. δοκεύς, δοκίας, δοκίς 11.