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quay /ki, keɪ, kweɪ/ Show Spelled[kee, key, kwey]
–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)
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