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plural quays
(nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf. quotations examples
[…] its harbour was filled with stately ships; and its quays, swarming with foreign traders and loaded with bales of costly merchandise […]
1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 10, pp. 166-167
third-person singular simple present quays, present participle quaying, simple past and past participle quayed
To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up". examples
comparative quayer, superlative quayest
(MLE) Alternative spelling of qway (“far”) examples