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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.

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  1. 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.
  2. v. t. To furnish with quays.
  3. n. wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
  4. 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. [Written also key.] To furnish with quays.
  5. A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the sideof a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience inloading and unloading vessels. [Written also key.]
  6. n:100 n. wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline