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quaylike

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quay

  [kee, key, kwey]
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–noun
a landing place, esp. one of solid masonry, constructed along the edge of a body of water; wharf.
Origin:
1690–1700; sp. var. (after F quai) of earlier kay (also key, whence the mod. pronunciation) < OF kay, cay; akin to Sp cayo shoal. See key 2

Related forms:
quaylike, adjective

Synonyms:
pier, dock, landing, levee.
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Word Origin & History

quay 
1696, variant of M.E. key "wharf" (1306), from O.N.Fr. cai (O.Fr. chai) "sand bank," from Gaulish caium (5c.), from O.Celt. *kagio- "to encompass, enclose" (cf. Welsh cae "fence, hedge," Cornish ke "hedge"), cognate with O.E. haga "hedge" (see hedge). Spelling altered by infl. of Fr. quai, from the same Celtic source.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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