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• wharf — wharf, dock, pier, quay, slip, berth, jetty, levee signify a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo or passengers. Wharf applies to a structure projecting from the shore that permits boats or ships to lie alongside for… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• wharf — [hwôrf, wôrf] n. pl. wharves or wharfs [ME < OE hwerf, a dam or bank to keep out water, lit., a turning < base of hweorfan, to turn < IE base * kwerp , to turn > Gr karpos, wrist] 1. a structure of wood or stone, sometimes roofed over …   English World dictionary

• Wharf — A wharf is a landing place or pier where ships may tie up and load or unload.A wharf commonly comprises a fixed platform, often on pilings. They often serve as interim storage areas with warehouses, since the typical objective is to unload and… …   Wikipedia

• Wharf — Recorded in several spellings including Warf, Wharf, Wharfe, and Whorf, this is an English surname. It is sometimes residential, describing a person who was associated with the River Wharf in Yorkshire, or it was occupational, originally… …   Surnames reference

• loading and unloading — The transfer of cargo from wharf or landing to ship and from ship to wharf or landing. 48 Am J1st Ship § 381. A comparable operation in the transportation of goods, merchandise, or other articles by land carrier. 13 Am J2d Car § 319. The business …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• wharf — A structure in aid of navigation, constituting access for a vessel in loading or unloading. Prior v Swartz, 62 Conn 132, 25 A 398. A bank or structure erected on the shore of a harbor, river, or canal for convenience in loading and unloading… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• wharf — The quay at which ships dock in a port, together with the adjacent warehouses in which goods are stored before loading or after unloading. The wharfinger is the firm or individual responsible for running the wharf …   Big dictionary of business and management

• Potomac Wharf Branch — The Potomac Wharf Branch was a historic railroad located in Maryland.It was built by the Maryland Mining Company between 1846 and 1850, as an extension to the Eckhart Branch Railroad. The Potomac Wharf Branch crossed Will’s Creek on a bridge (no… …   Wikipedia

• public wharf — A wharf open to public use in the docking of vessels and the loading and unloading of cargo. Whether a wharf or landing is public or private depends on the ownership of the soil, the purposes for which it was built, the authority by which it was… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• container wharf — /kənˈteɪnə wɔf/ (say kuhn taynuh wawf) noun a wharf specially designed to facilitate the loading and unloading of containers from ships …  

• Catherine Hill Bay, New South Wales — Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb name = Catherine Hill Bay city = state = nsw caption = Catherine Hill Bay coal loading wharf lga = City of Lake Macquarie lga2 = Wyong Shire postcode = 2281 pop = 153 (2006 census) area = 2.1 est = parish …   Wikipedia