Money paid for landing wares at a wharf, or for shipping or taking goods into a boat or barge from thence. Cowell. Strictly speaking "wharfage" is money due, or money actually paid, for the privilege of landing goods upon, or loading a vessel while moored from, a wharf. … [Read more...] about WHARFAGE
WHARFAGE
WHARF
A perpendicular bank or mound of timber, or stone and earth, raised on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, etc., or extending some distance into the water, for the convenience of lading and unlading ships and other vessels. Webster. A broad, plain place near a river, canal, or other water, to lay wares on that are brought to or from the water. Cowell. A wharf is a structure … [Read more...] about WHARF
WHALER
mar. law. A vessel employed in the whale fishery. 2. It is usual for the owner of the vessel, the captain and crew, to divide the profits in just proportions, under an agreement similar to the contract Di Colonna. … [Read more...] about WHALER
WHALE
A royal fish, the head being the king's property, and the tail the queen's. 2 Steph. Comm. 19, 448, 540. … [Read more...] about WHALE
WFH
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