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

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.

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

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

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..

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

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

Wharfs :: Wharfs (pl. ) 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..

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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