Dock vs. Quay

Dock and Quay Definitions
Dock
A platform extending from a shore over water, used to secure, protect, and provide access to a boat or ship; a pier.
Quay
A wharf or reinforced bank for the loading or unloading of ships or boats.
Dock
Docks An area along a commercial waterfront having docks or piers.
Quay
(nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
Moor up in the quay
Dock
The area of water between two piers or alongside a pier that receives a vessel for loading, unloading, or repairs
The boat moved slowly into the dock.
Quay
To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".
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Dock
A floating platform attached to a mooring and used as a rest or play area when swimming.
Quay
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Dock
A platform or door at which trucks or trains load or unload cargo.
Quay
A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels.
Dock
(Computers) See docking station.
Quay
To furnish with quays.
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Dock
The solid or fleshy part of an animal's tail.
Quay
Wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
Dock
The tail of an animal after it has been bobbed or clipped.
Dock
A demarcated or enclosed space where the defendant stands or sits in a court of law.
Dock
See sorrel1.
Dock
To maneuver (a vessel or vehicle) into or next to a dock.
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Dock
To couple (two or more spacecraft, for example) in space.
Dock
To move or come into or next to a dock.
Dock
To clip short or cut off (an animal's tail, for example).
Dock
To deprive of a benefit or a part of one's wages, especially as a punishment
The company docks its employees for unauthorized absences.
Dock
To withhold or deduct a part from (one's salary or wages).
Dock
Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
Dock
A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
Dock
The fleshy root of an animal's tail.
Dock
The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.
Dock
(obsolete) The buttocks or anus.
Dock
A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
Dock
(nautical) A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
Dock
A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.
Dock
The body of water between two piers.
Dock
The place of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
Dock
A section of a hotel or restaurant.
Coffee dock
Dock
(electronics) A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
Dock
A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.
Dock
An act of docking; joining two things together.
Dock
(theatre) scene-dock
Dock
Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.
Dock
(transitive) To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.
Dock
(transitive) To reduce (wages); to deduct from.
Dock
(transitive) To cut off, bar, or destroy.
To dock an entail
Dock
(intransitive) To land at a harbour.
Dock
To join two moving items.
To dock spacecraft
Dock
(astronautics) To move a spaceship into its dock/berth under its own power.
Dock
To engage in the sexual practice of docking (where the tip of one participant's penis is inserted into the foreskin of the other participant).
Dock
To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
Dock
(transitive) To place (an electronic device) in its dock.
I docked the laptop and allowed it to recharge for an hour.
Dock
(cooking) To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.
Dock
A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.
Dock
The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting.
Dock
A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
Dock
An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, - used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.
Dock
The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; - sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.
Dock
The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands.
Dock
To cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.
His top was docked like a priest biforn.
Dock
To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.
Dock
To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.
Dock
To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.
Dock
An enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
Dock
Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
Dock
A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
Dock
A platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
Dock
Landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out;
The ship arrived at the dock more than a day late
Dock
The solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
Dock
A short or shortened tail of certain animals
Dock
Come into dock;
The ship docked
Dock
Deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
Dock
Deduct from someone's wages
Dock
Remove or shorten the tail of an animal
Dock
Haul into a dock;
Dock the ships