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Tying up   /tˈaɪɪŋ əp/   Listen
Tying up

noun
1.
The act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes.  Synonyms: dockage, docking, moorage.






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"Tying up" Quotes from Famous Books



... packing and tying up and labelling at the table, before the sleigh-packing began,—Faith's busy little fingers went in and out with great dexterity; and either Mr. Linden thought it was pleasant to her—or knew it was pleasant to him, to have them so engaged; ...
— Say and Seal, Volume II • Susan Warner

... Immediately on tying up their dogs, the guests go to the kasgi. On entering each one cries in set phraseology, "Ah-ka-ka- Piatin, Pikeyutum." "Oh, ho! Look here! A trifling present." He throws his present on a common pile in front of the headman, who ...
— The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo • Ernest William Hawkes



Words linked to "Tying up" :   arrival



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