Definition of wharf

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

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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..
Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) Wharfs, collectively..
Warehouseman :: Warehouseman (n.) One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store.
Pierage :: Pierage (n.) Same as Wharfage.
Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
Stage :: Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf..
Stadimeter :: Stade (n.) A landing place or wharf.
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.
Wharfinger :: Wharfinger (n.) A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf..
Wharfed :: Wharfed (imp. & p. p.) of Whar.
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
Wharf :: Wharf (n.) The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea..
Wharfage :: Wharfage (n.) A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing..
Breastfast :: Breastfast (n.) A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf, or to another vessel..
Fender :: Fender (v. t. & i.) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.
Wharfs :: Wharfs (pl. ) of Whar.
Wharfing :: Wharfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whar.
Wharf :: 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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