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something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.

g gales or an action, in case of accident to the tiller ropes. (b) A strong tackle from a wharf to a careened vessel, to prevent her from going over entirely, and to assist in righting her. Totten. Craig.

position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored. Air spring, Boiling spring, etc. See under Air, Boiling, etc. -- Spring back (Bookbinding), a back with a curved piece of thin sheet iron or of stiff pasteboard fastened to the inside, the effect of…

A landing place or wharf. Knight.

A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.

A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels.

- Stern fast (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy. -- Stern frame (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship. -- Stern knee. See Sternson. -- Stern port (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. -- Stern sheets (Naut.), that part of an…

One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store.