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WHARF , a See also:place for loading or unloading See also:ships or vessels, particularly a See also:platform of See also: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 of a See also:harbour or along the See also:bank of a navigable See also:river against which vessels may See also:lie and See also:discharge their See also:cargo or be. loaded. The O. Eng. word hwerf meant literally a turning or turning-place (hweor See also:fan, to turn, cf. Goth. hwairban, Gr. Kapa6s, See also:wrist), and was thus used particularly of a bank of See also:earth, a See also: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. vaerft,, dockyard, and the current meaning of the word is probably borrowed from Dutch or Scandinavian See also:languages.
In See also:English See also:law all See also:water-See also:borne goods must be landed at specified places, in particular See also:hours and under supervision; wharves, which by the See also:Merchant See also:Shipping See also: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, or " legal wharves " specially appointed by See also:treasury See also:warrant and exempt from bond. There are also wharves authorized by See also:statute or by prescriptive right.
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