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Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) Wharfs, collectively..

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.

Wharfs :: Wharfs (pl. ) of Whar.

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.

Springal :: Spring (v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.

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

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

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

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

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

Breastfast :: Breastfast (n.) A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf, or to another vessel..

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

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.) A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing..

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..

Wharfed :: Wharfed (imp. & p. p.) of Whar.

Warehouseman :: Warehouseman (n.) One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store.

Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.

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

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