Quayward

Synonyms for "quayward"

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All down the quays vessels moored after their fashion—bows quayward, sterns outward; an arrangement giving an immense number of ships each its own small share of landing.

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The surf was plunging and leaping over the great break-water before the harbour, and our small shore boat danced like a cork even inside, now cocking her stern, now her bows, as she crept quayward through the shipping.

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[…] of the sea. As it rose and fell every pulse in the estuary carried them quayward, carried them seaward.

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Now in the crowded noon, sustained a pediment by the shuffle and whisper of adulation that came up over as on the quayward side, he seemed to give the lie to these speculations.

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