Quay

  • 61Quay County — Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Quay County Country and Admin Code US.NM.037 US …

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  • 62quay·side — /ˈkiːˌsaıd/ noun, pl sides [count] : the area of land next to a quay a quayside café …

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  • 63quay — A structure of solid construction along a shore or bank that provides berthing and generally provides cargo handling facilities. A similar facility of open construction is called a wharf. See also wharf …

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  • 64quay — noun Etymology: alteration of earlier key, from Middle English, from Middle French dialect (Picard) kay, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Breton kae hedge, enclosure; akin to Old English hecg hedge Date: circa 1635 a structure built parallel to …

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  • 65quay — a solid artificial structure for loading and unloading ships along the water s edge or projecting into the water …

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  • 66quay — quaylike, adj. /kee, kay, kway/, n. a landing place, esp. one of solid masonry, constructed along the edge of a body of water; wharf. [1690 1700; sp. var. (after F quai) of earlier kay (also key, whence the mod. pronunciation) < OF kay, cay; akin …

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  • 67Quay — /kway/, n. Matthew Stanley, 1833 1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887 99, 1901 4. * * * …

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  • 68quay — Synonyms and related words: anchorage, anchorage ground, basin, berth, breakwater, bulkhead, dock, dockage, dockyard, dry dock, embankment, groin, harbor, harborage, haven, jetty, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, levee, marina, mole …

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  • 69quay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wharf, dock, pier, mole, levee. See abode. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. landing, wharf, pier; see dock 1 …

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  • 70quay — cay, key …

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