Definition of wharf

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

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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..
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..
Wharf :: Wharf (v. t.) To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.
Staithman :: Staith (n.) A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels..
Wharf :: Wharf (v. t.) To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
Berth :: Berth (n.) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf..
Wharf :: Wharf (n.) The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea..
Warehouseman :: Warehouseman (n.) One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store.
Jetty :: Jetty (n.) A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
Wharfage :: Wharfage (n.) A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing..
Stadimeter :: Stade (n.) A landing place or wharf.
Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) Wharfs, collectively..
Stage :: Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf..
Wharfed :: Wharfed (imp. & p. p.) of Whar.
Wharfing :: Wharfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whar.
Wharfinger :: Wharfinger (n.) A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf..
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..
Wharfage :: Wharfage (n.) The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; pierage, collectively; quayage..
Wharfs :: Wharfs (pl. ) of Whar.
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