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quay

1

[ kee, key, kwey ]

noun

  1. a landing place, especially one of solid masonry, constructed along the edge of a body of water; wharf.

    Synonyms: levee, landing, dock, pier



Quay

2

[ kwey ]

noun

  1. Matthew Stanley, 1833–1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887–99, 1901–4.

quay

/ kiː /

noun

  1. a wharf, typically one built parallel to the shoreline Compare pier
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of quay1

1690–1700; spelling variant (after French quai ) of earlier kay (also key, whence the modern pronunciation) < Old French kay, cay; akin to Spanish cayo shoal. See key 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quay1

C14 keye, from Old French kai, of Celtic origin; compare Cornish hedge, fence, Old Breton cai fence
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Example Sentences

There, right on the quay on lot 36, were ship’s Captain Joseph Lazou and Marie Louise Balivet, passenger number 178.

From Time

As Chan’s co-presenter, Quay, put it in his presentation, which covered similar ground, no “innocent” virologist would commit such oversights.

Steve Garth, who works in Circular Quay, was inside the Cartier jewelry store near the café when the siege began.

The Mob ran wild, using the local Teamsters to run casinos in Las Vegas and bombing buildings along the River Quay.

On my last day but one I crossed to the Giudecca and ran into him on the quay.

In 1634 he also prohibited the landing of tobacco any where except at the quay near the custom house in London.

It also authorised the construction and maintenance, as p. 150part of such railways, of any pier, quay or jetty.

When Skipper Worse reached the market quay he met with a sad disappointment.

In 1821 and the years following, one of them ran a little shop on the quay des Grands-Augustins, and purchased Lousteau's books.

The destroyers were still coaling, and a small cargo was being taken off the boat at the quay.

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