pier

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  1. noun A platform extending from a shore over water and supported by piles or pillars, used to secure, protect, and provide access to ships or boats.
  2. noun Such a structure used predominantly for entertainment.
  3. noun A supporting structure at the junction of connecting spans of a bridge.
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  • Yessir. The apparent murder occurred at the far end of the pier, that is, the west end, sometime between six last night and six this morning. —  The Cold Moon
  • At the upper end of the pier was a five-barred gate, and on the way back, when he thought that nobody was looking, he would vault over it with a running leap. —  Principal Cairns
  • Stalking up and down on the pier was a slender, red-skinned figure with the streaks of war paint on his face. —  095 - The Devil's Playground
  • The ten dollars didn't last long His old man has lots of money Our last night at the pier was a night of a million stars. —  Tramping on Life
  • The foundation stones for the pier were laid in 1854 and at that time these lines were also laid for a steam powered crane to carry the gigantic boulders that were dropped into the sea to form the base of the pier, the crane was only destroyed in recent decades! —  South Shields Daily Photo
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  1. Middle English per, bridge support, partly from Norman French pere, piere (from Old French puiere, a support, from puie, from puier, to support, from Vulgar Latin *podiāre, from Latin podium, platform; see podium) and partly from Medieval Latin pera (from Old North French pire, piere, breakwater, possibly from Latin petra, rock, from Greek petrā; see per-2 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Middle English pere, from Old French pere, piere, pierre, stone, a pier, French pierre, a stone, = Provencal petra, peira, peya = Spanish piedra = Portuguese pedra = Italian pietra, a stone, rock, from Latin petra, a mass of rock, crag (Middle Latin also a castle on a rock, a tomb of stone, slate), from Greek πέτρα, Epic and Ionic πέτρη, a rock, mass of rock, crag, ridge, ledge, πέτρος, a piece of rock, a stone (in prose usually λίθος), later also, like πέτρα, a mass of rock. From the Greek πέτρα, πέτρος, besides petrary, perrier, etc., are also ult. English peter, petrel, and in comp. petrific, petrify, petroleum, etc., saltpeter, samphire, etc.
 

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