_:vb6932012 "1910, Emerson Hough, \u201CA Lady in Company\u201D, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, \u2192OCLC:"@en . _:vb6932012 . _:vb6932011 . _:vb6932012 "With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks."@en . "1" . . _:vb6932011 "(nautical) A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port."@en .