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Definition of wharf

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Wharf (n.) A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier..

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Stage :: Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf..

Wharfage :: Wharfage (n.) A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing..

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.

Wharfinger :: Wharfinger (n.) A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf..

Wharf :: Wharf (n.) The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea..

Pier :: Pier (n.) A projecting wharf or landing place.

Wharfing :: Wharfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whar.

Wharfs :: Wharfs (pl. ) of Whar.

Staithman :: Staith (n.) A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels..

Keyage :: Keyage (n.) Wharfage; quayage.

Rebuild :: Rebuild (v. t.) To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city..

Quay :: Quay (n.) A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels..

Stadimeter :: Stade (n.) A landing place or wharf.

Jetty :: Jetty (n.) A wharf or pier extending from the shore.

Moor :: Moor (v. t.) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf..

Berth :: Berth (n.) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf..

Wharf :: Wharf (v. t.) To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.

Wharfage :: Wharfage (n.) The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; pierage, collectively; quayage..

Pierage :: Pierage (n.) Same as Wharfage.

Ghaut :: Ghaut (n.) Stairs descending to a river; a landing place; a wharf.