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  • At some point in the night I apparently wharfed up a cat while sleeping.

    wilberteets Diary Entry wilberteets 2003

  • Many other passengers had boarded the ship which had remained wharfed, such as the Tina and Tais.

    Renegades Of Gor Norman, John 1986

  • On the way back, along the pier, I stopped by one of the unidentified ships, one wharfed adjacent to the Tais, the flagship.

    Renegades Of Gor Norman, John 1986

  • The lat time the pirates of the dark stronghold had carried fire and sword to a dozen wharfed ships.

    Rogue Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1982

  • And this I likewise might confirm of two elms, planted by me about 35 years since; which being little bigger than walking-staves, and set on the very brink of a ditch or narrow channel (not always full of water) wharfed with a wall of a brick and half in thickness, (to keep the bank from falling in) are since grown to goodly and equally spreading trees of near two foot diameter, solid timber, and of stature proportionable.

    Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663

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