Wharfs

(hwGrfs), but Wharves (hw6rvz) is often used, esp. in the U. S. heav- A pier, mole, quay, or other structure of wood or or remasonry, beside or extending into the water of a harsitubor, river, etc., forming a landing-place where ve els respect may discharge or receive pa engers or freight, etc. in the — Wharfage, -ej, n. The fee paid for the privilege west; of using a wharf; a wharf, or wharves in general; region. wharfing. — Wharfinger, -in-jgr, n. One who has; the care of a wharf; proprietor of a wharf. to the What, hwot, pron. An interrogative pronoun, used situ- (both substantively and adjectively) in asking queswesttions as to things, events, ideas, circumstances, relatoward tions, etc., as who is used for persons; also, used as bean exclamatory word, meaning how remarkable, or tohow great, or is it po ible t?iat? also, used indethe pendently, and meaning generally, how strange a toward thing! a compound relative, equivalent, substantively, to that which; adjectively, to the... which; the sort or kind of the... whicli; and, rarely, to consist the... on or at which; whatever, whatsoever, — the surfull of used indefinitely; in part; partly, — with repetition, and followed by — with. [Neut. of ivho, q. in conv.]— Whatev'er, -soever, pron. Anything so-; to dip ever which; being this being or that; all that; no mat state ter what. — What'not, who n. A piece of house- — hold furniture, having or shelves for books, ornaments, etc. \Tr. the abbr. phrase what not, often used at the close of a smart an enumeration of particulars, used substantively, to denote a miscel any, a variety.]