WHARF  , a See also:

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

place for loading or unloading See also:

• SHIPS

ships or vessels, particularly a See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform of See also:

• TIMBER

timber, See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone or other material along the See also:

• SHORE

shore of a See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour or along the See also:

• BANK

bank of a navigable See also:

• RIVER

river against which vessels may See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie and See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge their See also:

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

cargo or be. loaded . The O . Eng. word hwerf meant literally a turning or turning-place (hweor See also:

• FAN (Lat. vannus; Fr. eventail)

fan, to turn, cf . Goth. hwairban, Gr . Kapa6s, See also:

• WRIST

wrist), and was thus used particularly of a bank of See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, a See also:

• DAM

dam which turns, the flow of a stream; the cognate word in Dutch, well, meant a wharf or a shipbuilder's yard, cf . See also:

• DAN

Dan. vaerft,, dockyard, and the current meaning of the word is probably borrowed from Dutch or Scandinavian See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages . In See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law all See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne goods must be landed at specified places, in particular See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours and under supervision; wharves, which by the See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

Merchant See also:

• SHIPPING

Shipping See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1895, § 492, include quays, docks and other premises on which goods may be lawfully landed, are either " sufferance wharves," authorized by the commissioners of customs under See also:

• BOND
• BOND, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1815-1898)

bond, or " legal wharves " specially appointed by See also:

• TREASURY

treasury See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant and exempt from bond . There are also wharves authorized by See also:

• STATUTE

statute or by prescriptive right .