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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Stage :: Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf..
Staithman :: Staith (n.) A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels..
Stadimeter :: Stade (n.) A landing place or wharf.
Quayage :: Quayage (n.) Wharfage.
Keyage :: Keyage (n.) Wharfage; quayage.
Wharfed :: Wharfed (imp. & p. p.) of Whar.
Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
Breastfast :: Breastfast (n.) A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf, or to another vessel..
Wharf :: Wharf (n.) The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea..
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.
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.
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 (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whar.
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
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..
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..
Ghaut :: Ghaut (n.) Stairs descending to a river; a landing place; a wharf.
Wharfage :: Wharfage (n.) A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing..
Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) Wharfs, collectively..
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