KEY

A wharf for the lading and unladlng of, merchandise from ve els. More commonly spelled "quay." An instrument for fastening and opening a lock. This appears as an English word as early u the time of Bracton,.in the phrase "omi.e ef ke11e," being awlied to women at a certain age, to denote the capacity of having charge of household affairs. Bract. fol. 86b. See OoN11 AND.KEY.• KEYAGE, A. toll paid for loading and unloa_ding merchandise at a key or wharf. Rowan v. Port i and, 8 B. Mon. (Ky.) 253.. _,: • I [s. 692]