About The Word Wharf
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Wharf Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Wharf?
[n] a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
[v] moor at a wharf, of vessels; "The ship was wharfed" [v] come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening" [v] discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers" [v] store on a wharf; "Wharf the merchandise" [v] provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river" Synonyms | Synonyms for Wharf: dock | pier | wharfage Related Terms | Find terms related to Wharf: See Also | berth | bitt | bollard | discharge | dock | drop | furnish | moor | platform | provide | put down | quay | render | set down | shipside | store | supply | tie up | unload Wharf In Webster's Dictionary \Wharf\, n.; pl. {Wharfs}or {Wharves}. [AS. hwerf, hwearf,
a returning, a change, from hweorfan to turn, turn about, go
about; akin to D. werf a wharf, G. werft, Sw. varf a
shipbuilder's yard, Dan. verft wharf, dockyard, G. werben to
enlist, to engage, woo, OHG. werban to turn about, go about,
be active or occupied, Icel. hverfa to turn, Goth.
hwa['i]rban, hwarb[=o]n, to walk. Cf. {Whirl}.]
1. 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.
Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea.
--Bancroft.
Out upon the wharfs they came, Knight and burgher,
lord and dame. --Tennyson.
Note: The plural of this word is generally written wharves in
the United States, and wharfs in England; but many
recent English writers use wharves.
2. [AS. hwearf.] The bank of a river, or the shore of the
sea. [Obs.] ``The fat weed that roots itself in ease on
Lethe wharf.'' --Shak.
{Wharf boat}, a kind of boat moored at the bank of a river,
and used for a wharf, in places where the height of the
water is so variable that a fixed wharf would be useless.
[U. S.] --Bartlett.
{Wharf rat}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The common brown rat.
(b) A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs. [Slang]
\Wharf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wharfed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wharfing}.] 1. To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs. 2. To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf. |
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