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wharfing
wharfing (ˈhwɔːfɪŋ) [f. wharf n.1 + -ing1.] † 1. = wharfage 1, 2. Obs. rare.1466–7 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 392 Item, fore warffenge at the keye, ob. 2. A structure in the form of a wharf; materials of which a wharf is constructed; the facing of sea-walls, etc. by planks secured by ties.1691 T. ...
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Port Douglas Wharf
Prior to this, it seems that all general cargo handling was carried out at the private wharfing facilities (variously Walsh & Co., Davidson's, Jack & Newell
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campshed
▪ I. campshed, n., ˈcampshot (ˈkæmpʃɪd, ˈkæmpʃɔt) Also 5 camshide 6 cambshide, 6–7 camshed(d, 7, 9 campshead. [Etymology unknown. campshot has been conjectured to be Du. or Flem. with second element = schot ‘boarding’, as in wain-scot; *kant-schot would be ‘side-boarding’; but no trace of this or an...
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Finger Wharf
By the 1970s, new container ports with larger wharfing facilities and cruise liner terminals around the city meant the usage of the wharf declined.
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wharf
▪ I. wharf, n.1 (hwɔːf) Pl. wharfs (hwɔːfs), wharves (hwɔːvz). Forms: 1 hwearf, wearf, hwerf, 1, 4 warf, 4 wherf(e, warffe, wharghffe, quarf, 5 qwerf, 5–7 warff, wharff(e, 5–8 wharfe, 6 quarfe, (wharthe), 7 hwarf, 7– wharf. [Late OE. hwearf (cf. earlier poetical comp. merehwearf sea-shore), corresp....
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Tanjong Pagar Dock Company
1913, and eventually renamed as Port of Singapore Authority in 1964)
The Tanjong Pagar Dock Company grew and eventually became the largest docking and wharfing
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A Once and Future Shoreline
surrounding the original land mass of Boston has been repeatedly filled in and modified, starting in the early 17th century, through a process known as wharfing
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gain
▪ I. † gain, n.1 Obs. Forms: α. 3 gaȝhenn, 5 Sc. gawin; β. 3 gein, 4 geyn, gayne. [The two main forms are app. adopted respectively from ON. gagn (Sw. gagn, Da. gavn) and gegn, parallel forms of a n. developed from the absol. use of the neut. of the adj. gegn (see gain a.). The word became obsolete ...
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GraceKennedy
The company, which first operated as a small trading establishment, soon acquired wharfing facilities in order to facilitate its imports.
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1797 in the United States
Nicholas King and His Wharfing Plans of the City of Washington, 1797.
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wood
▪ I. wood, n.1 (wʊd) Forms: 1 widu, wiodu, wudu, 2–3 wude, 3–6 (7 Sc.) wode, 4–6 wodd, woode, (7 Sc.) wod, wodde, (3 wd(d)e, 4 uud, Sc. vod, woud, voud, 5 woyd, whode, vode, voode, 6 woodde, wud), 5–6 Sc. wid(d, 5– wood, (9 Sc. wudd). [OE. widu, wiodu, later wudu str. m. = OHG. witu, wito (MHG. wite...
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Kavarna
Despite being unsuitable for wharfing because of its rugged cliffs, this part of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast was an attractive centre due to the fact
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New Jersey v. Delaware
The particular riparian right at issue here is the right of wharfing out.
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Wolverton railway station
After surveying all possible sites, Wolverton was chosen due to its co-location alongside the wharfing facilities of the Grand Union Canal, thereby also
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Dog-hole ports
Loading the ships
There were four major methods of loading ships at dog-holes: lightering, slide, apron or gravity chutes, wire or trapeze chutes, and wharfing
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