whf

Noun

wharf (plural wharves or wharfs)

1. An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
   • Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea.1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   dock, quay

2. (obsolete) Any bank of a river or shore of a sea.
   • the fat weed that roots itself in ease on Lethe wharfc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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