Definition of wharf

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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.

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Wharfing :: Wharfing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whar.
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.
Warehouseman :: Warehouseman (n.) One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store.
Quayage :: Quayage (n.) Wharfage.
Pier :: Pier (n.) A projecting wharf or landing place.
Wharfinger :: Wharfinger (n.) A man who owns, or has the care of, 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..
Wharf :: Wharf (v. t.) To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
Wharfage :: Wharfage (n.) A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing..
Ghaut :: Ghaut (n.) Stairs descending to a river; a landing place; 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..
Keyage :: Keyage (n.) Wharfage; quayage.
Pierage :: Pierage (n.) Same as Wharfage.
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.
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.
Berth :: Berth (n.) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf..
Stage :: Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf..
Wharfs :: Wharfs (pl. ) of Whar.
Jetty :: Jetty (n.) A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
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