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wharfing


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wharfing  \Wharf"ing\,  n. 
  1.  Wharfs,  collectively. 
 
  2.  (Hydraul.  Engin.)  A  mode  of  facing  sea  walls  and 
  embankments  with  planks  driven  as  piles  and  secured  by 
  ties.  --Knight. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wharf  \Wharf\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Wharfed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Wharfing}.] 
  1.  To  guard  or  secure  by  a  firm  wall  of  timber  or  stone 
  constructed  like  a  wharf;  to  furnish  with  a  wharf  or 
  wharfs. 
 
  2.  To  place  upon  a  wharf;  to  bring  to  a  wharf. 




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