wharf
wharf is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Etym: [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. (Zoöl.) (a) The common brown rat. (b) A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs. [Slang]
- 2.To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or wharfs.
- 3.To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alembic
- alveary
- armory
- atelier
- beauty
- beehive
- bindery
- branch
- bureau
- business
- cabinet
- caldron
- cannery
- crucible
- dock
- dockyard
- factory
- forcing
- forge
- foundery
- foundry
- furnace
- hive
- hotbed
- hothouse
- industry
- institute
- kitchen
- lab
- laboratory
- list
- loom
- manufactory
- matrix
- mill
- mint
- nailery
- nursery
- office
- parlor
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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