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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUAY, n. ke.
A key; a mole or wharf, constructed in harbors for securing vessels and receiving goods unladen or to be shipped on board.
QUAY, v.t. To furnish with quays.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of earlier key, from Middle English, from Middle French dialect (Picard) kay, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Breton kae hedge, enclosure; akin to Old English hecg hedge Date: circa 1635 a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place

U.S. Military Dictionary

A structure of solid construction along a shore or bank that provides berthing and generally provides cargo-handling facilities. A similar facility of open construction is called a wharf. See also wharf. (JP 4-01.5)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a solid stationary artificial landing-place lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships. Derivatives: quayage n. Etymology: ME key(e), kay f. OF kay f. Gaulish caio f. OCelt.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quay Quay, n. [F. quai. See Key quay.] A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels. [Written also key.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quay Quay, v. t. To furnish with quays.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(quays) A quay is a long platform beside the sea or a river where boats can be tied up and loaded or unloaded. Jack and Stephen were waiting for them on the quay. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Wharf, artificial bank, landing-place.

Moby Thesaurus

anchorage, anchorage ground, basin, berth, breakwater, bulkhead, dock, dockage, dockyard, dry dock, embankment, groin, harbor, harborage, haven, jetty, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, levee, marina, mole, moorings, pier, port, protected anchorage, road, roads, roadstead, seaport, seawall, shipyard, slip, wharf