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Wharfing

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.

Wharfing

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.

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wharfing

n. 1 wharf collectively. 2 (context engineering English) A technique of face seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.