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Quay On A River Crossword Clue

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noun

• a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)

• a pier that provides a landing place on a river

• an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing

26%4Quay
noun

• an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

• any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

• a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

• a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

• landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

• the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair

• a short or shortened tail of certain animals

verb

• come into dock

• deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

• deduct from someone's wages

• remove or shorten the tail of an animal

• maneuver into a dock

26%7 Mooring a boat or ship to a pier or quay
noun

• the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes

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