QUAY  , a See also:

• WHARF

wharf or landing-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place for the loading and unloading of See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne See also:

• CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo . The word, now pronounced like " See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

key,"takes the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Fr. quai, older cay or caye, cf . See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish cayo, a See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, barrier or See also:

• REEF (1)

reef . The earlier form in See also:

• ENGLISH

English is " See also:

• KAY, JOHN (1742-1826)
• KAY, JOSEPH (1821-1878)

kay," and it was so pronounced . " Key " was also earlier pronounced " kay," and the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in See also:

• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation in the one was followed also in the other . In spelling also the word was assimilated to " key," in the sense of a reef, or, especially, of the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low range of reefs or islets on the coasts of Spanish See also:

• AMERICA

America, e.g. on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida, the See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of islets known as'Florida Keys .