quay

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
quay
    n 1: wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Quay \Quay\, v. t.
   To furnish with quays.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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}.]
   [1913 Webster]
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Quay, NM
  Zip code(s): 88433
Quay, OK (town, FIPS 61450)
  Location: 36.16007 N, 96.70967 W
  Population (1990): 59 (22 housing units)
  Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Quay, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
   Population (2000):    47
   Housing Units (2000): 20
   Land area (2000):     0.187661 sq. miles (0.486041 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.187661 sq. miles (0.486041 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            61450
   Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
   Location:             36.160129 N, 96.711200 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Quay, OK
    Quay
from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
QUAY, estates. A wharf at which to load or land goods, sometimes spelled 
key. 
     2. In its enlarged sense the word quay, means the whole space between 
the first row of houses of a city, and the sea or river 5 L. R. 152, 215. So 
much of the quay as is requisite for the public use of loading and unloading 
vessels, is public property, and cannot be appropriated to private use, but 
the rest may be, private property. Id. 201.
from U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Quay -- U.S. County in New Mexico
   Population (2000):    10155
   Housing Units (2000): 5664
   Land area (2000):     2874.926116 sq. miles (7446.024141 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    6.871701 sq. miles (17.797623 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2881.797817 sq. miles (7463.821764 sq. km)
   Located within:       New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
   Location:             35.111229 N, 103.624597 W
   Headwords:
    Quay
    Quay, NM
    Quay County
    Quay County, NM
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "quay":
      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
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