wharfage
Collocations
5ADJ.
due, future, pointed
VERB + WHARFAGE
tendering
WHARFAGE + NOUN
factory, sites
PREP.
on, out
ADV.
also, then
Definitions
noun
A dock, quay, or pier.
Wharfs collectively.
It is pleasant to swim well out into the stream of the river, and, with one’s chin on a level with the wide stretch of water, take in a “trout’s-eye view” of the little town, ascending in tiers of wharfage, trees, grey ramparts, more trees, and clustered roofs, with the old cathedral of the Trinity poised guardian-like above the crumbling walls of the Kremlin.
It was also pointed out wharfage and factory sites with river and canal frontage were adjoining.
A fee charged for using a wharf.
If the owner of goods deposited at a wharf sells them, and gives notice to the wharfinger of such sale, on tendering the wharfage then due, he is discharged from liability for future wharfage.
the wharfage or shorage rates are 10 cents per cord of wood, 10 cents per thousand feet of lumber, and 1 cent per tie, and these rates do not include handling
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3It is pleasant to swim well out into the stream of the river, and, with one’s chin on a level with the wide stretch of water, take in a “trout’s-eye view” of the little town, ascending in tiers of wha
WiktionaryIt was also pointed out wharfage and factory sites with river and canal frontage were adjoining.
WiktionaryIf the owner of goods deposited at a wharf sells them, and gives notice to the wharfinger of such sale, on tendering the wharfage then due, he is discharged from liability for future wharfage.
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