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docks
platforms built on the shore or out from the shore; wharves; piers
migrating
going from one region to another with the change in seasons
scan
to glance at; look over hastily
scent
a smell
wharf
platform built on shore or out from the shore beside which ships can load or unload
yearned
felt a longing or desire