Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wharfing \Wharf"ing\, n.
   1. Wharfs, collectively.

   2. (Hydraul. Engin.) A mode of facing sea walls and
      embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by
      ties. --Knight.

Wharf \Wharf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wharfed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Wharfing}.]
   1. To guard or secure by a firm wall of timber or stone
      constructed like a wharf; to furnish with a wharf or
      wharfs.

   2. To place upon a wharf; to bring to a wharf.