Missing "wharf-" Words

[Tex2002ans]

wharfage wharfages

• M-W
• Lexico
• American Heritage
• Cambridge
• Collins
• Dictionary.com

wharfman wharfmen

• M-W

wharfing

• M-W
• American Heritage

wharfinger

• M-W
• Lexico
• American Heritage
• Cambridge
• Collins
• Dictionary.com

wharfmaster

• M-W

• Collins

• Dictionary.com

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All of these words also exist in the:

• The Century Dictionary (Volume 8 [1904]), pp. 6885–6886.

wharfage

1. Provision of or accommodation at wharves; berthage at a wharf: as, the city had abundant wharfage; to find wharfage for a ship.
2. Charge or payment for the use of a wharf; the charges or receipts for accommodation at a wharf or at wharves.

wharfing

1. A structure in the form of a wharf; materials of which a wharf is constructed; wharves in general.
2. In hydraulic engin., a method of facing seawalls by the use of sheet-piling anchored to the bank.

wharfinger

[For wharfager (with intrusive n as in messenger, passenger, porringer, scavenger, etc.), < wharfage + -er*.]

A person who owns or who has charge of a wharf; one who makes a business of letting accommodation for vessels at his wharf.

wharfman

n.; pl. wharfmen (-men).

A man employed on or about a wharf; one performing or having charge of work on a wharf.

wharf-master

A wharfinger. [Western U.S.]

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Note: There was also this extremely rare word:

• wharfager

which I only saw in the New Century "wharfinger" definition. None of the other easily accessible online dictionaries had it.

Looks like it may have been a tiny bit more "popular" in the 1870s–1920s:

• Google n-grams: "wharfager"

From a quick skimming in Google Books, I can see it used in a few books/laws from the time period dealing with ports.

[marcoagpinto]

Heya,

I have added them:

88701) wharfage + wharfages + wharfage's
88702) wharfman + wharfman's + wharfmen + wharfmen's
88703) wharfing + wharfings + wharfing's + wharfinger + ers + er's
88704) wharfmaster + wharfmasters + wharfmaster's

Is this “wharfager” to be added?

Is it a noun (+ers +er's)?

Thanks for the words!

[Tex2002ans]

Is this “wharfager” to be added?

Is it a noun (+ers +er's)?

That one's up to you... depending on how rare you want to go in your word lists. :P

I'm assuming it's a usual noun.

For example, see:

The owner or occupier of a wharf is styled a "wharfinger," properly "wharfager."

from this book, p. 19:

• "Ports and Terminal Facilities" (1926) by Roy S. MacElwee, PhD

But Google n-grams finds absolutely 0 usage of -ers + -er's.

[marcoagpinto]

Done!

Thanks!

88714) wharfager + wharfagers + wharfager's