quay

• On the landing-quay, where a large crowd of the inhabitants of the city was assembled, the Swedish seafarers were received by the Syndic of Naples, Count GIUSSO, accompanied by a deputation from the municipality, &c.; Here we were taken, between rows of enthusiastic students, in the gala carriages of the municipality, to the Hotel Royal des Étrangeres, where a handsome suite of apartments, along with equipages and numerous attendants, was placed at our disposal. —  The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
• I was aware of this when he approached us on the quay, and I hurried away so that he might be the less suspicious as to my dealings with the young lady I did you an injustice," said I. What I had just heard caused me much uneasiness, and I foresaw possible unpleasant complications It was a natural mistake," replied Captain Rudstone. —  The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada
• Then the Clansman sailed into the quay, and there was a flinging of ropes and general hurry and bustle, while people came crowding round the gangways, calling out to each other in every variety of dialect and accent Sheila was not there. —  Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873
• My father would come down to the quay, and he would say, 'Sheila, have you come back alone?' —  Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873
• Here the heavy-laden ships are down far below the quay, and you descend to them by ladders; whilst in another basin they are high up out of the water, so that their green copper sheathing is almost level with the eye of the passenger; while above his head a long line of bow-sprits stretch far over the quay, and from them hang spars and planks as a gangway to each ship. —  Rollo in London

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