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Noun

1. Structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

2. How something is done or how it happens

3. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved

4. A line leading to a place or point

5. The condition of things generally

6. A course of conduct

7. Any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

8. A journey or passage

9. Space for movement

10. The property of distance in general

11. Doing as one pleases or chooses

12. A general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'

13. A portion of something divided into shares