8 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Quay \Quay\, v. t. To furnish with quays. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: quay n : wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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 From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: 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 (1990) [gazetteer]: 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 Counties (2000) [gaz-county]: 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 U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: 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
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