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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 724 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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QUAY , a See also:

wharf or landing-See also:place for the loading and unloading of See also:water-See also:borne See also:cargo. The word, now pronounced like " See also:key,"takes the See also:form of Fr. quai, older cay or caye, cf. See also:Spanish cayo, a See also:bar, barrier or See also:reef. The earlier form in See also:English is " See also:kay," and it was so pronounced. " Key " was also earlier pronounced " kay," and the See also:change in See also: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 range of reefs or islets on the coasts of Spanish See also:America, e.g. on the See also:coast of See also:Florida, the See also:chain of islets known as'Florida Keys.

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