Quay

  • 71quay — kɪː n. (British) dock, wharf alongside a waterway …

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  • 72quay n — query v …

    English expressions

  • 73quay — [ki:] noun a platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships. Derivatives quayage noun Origin ME key, from OFr. kay, of Celtic origin; spelling influenced by mod. Fr. quai …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 74quay — n. Wharf, artificial bank, landing place …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 75quay — [kiː] noun [C] a hard surface next to the sea or a river, where boats can stop …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 76quay — (kē, kā, kwā), n. a landing place, esp. one of solid masonry, constructed along the edge of a body of water; wharf • Etymology: 1690–1700; sp. var. (after F quai) of earlier kay (also key, whence the mod. pronunciation) < OF kay, cay, akin to… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 77quay — /ki / (say kee) noun an artificial landing place, as of masonry built along navigable water, for vessels unloading or loading cargo, etc. {respelling after French quai of earlier kay, also key (whence the modern pronunciation), from Old French… …

  • 78quay —   Uwapo, uapo …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 79quay — A wharf. A vacant space between the first row of buildings and the water s edge used for the reception of goods and merchandise imported or to be exported. New Orleans v United States (US) 10 Pet 662, 715, 9 L Ed 573, 594 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 80quay — see key …

    English homophone dictionary

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