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YardYard Yard, n. [OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, a
measure, a yard; akin to OFries. ierde, OS. gerda, D. garde,
G. gerte, OHG. gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. gaddr a goad,
sting, Goth. gazds, and probably to L. hasta a spear. Cf.
Gad, n., Gird, n., Gride, v. i., Hastate.]
1. A rod; a stick; a staff. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
If men smote it with a yerde. --Chaucer.
2. A branch; a twig. [Obs.]
The bitter frosts with the sleet and rain Destroyed
hath the green in every yerd. --Chaucer.
3. A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc. [Obs.]
4. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six
inches, being the standard of English and American
measure.
5. The penis.
6. (Naut.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical,
tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and
extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center
to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.
Golden Yard, or Yard and Ell (Astron.), a popular name of
the three stars in the belt of Orion.
Under yard [i. e., under the rod], under contract. [Obs.]
--Chaucer. Yard
Yard Yard, v. t.
To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a
yard; as, to yard cows.
YardYard Yard, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries.
garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden,
G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[eth]r
yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house,
garda sheepfold, L. hortus garden, Gr. cho`rtos an inclosure.
Cf. Court, Garden, Garth, Horticulture, Orchard.]
1. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of,
or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a
barnyard.
A yard . . . inclosed all about with sticks In which
she had a cock, hight chanticleer. --Chaucer.
2. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried
on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
Liberty of the yard, a liberty, granted to persons
imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any
other limits prescribed by law, on their giving bond not
to go beyond those limits.
Prison yard, an inclosure about a prison, or attached to
it.
Yard grass (Bot.), a low-growing grass (Eleusine Indica)
having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and
like places, especially in the Southern United States.
Called also crab grass.
Yard of land. See Yardland. Yard
Yard Yard, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for
pasture, protection, etc.
Meaning of yards from wikipedia
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survey yards Comparing international yards and
survey yards 500,000 (international)
yards = 499,999
survey yards = 457,200
meters 1 (international)
yard =...
- Dunaway,
Ellen Burstyn and
James Caan. Set in the
commuter rail
yards in New York City ("the
yards"),
specifically in the
boroughs of the Bronx, Queens, and...
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Scotland Yard (officially New
Scotland Yard) is the
headquarters of the
Metropolitan Police, the
territorial police force responsible for
policing Greater...
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running backs by
total career rushing yards, and
includes the 31
running backs who have
rushed for at
least 10,000
yards, for
which sixteen of them have been...
- "The
whole nine
yards" or "the full nine
yards" is a
colloquial American English phrase meaning "everything, the
whole lot" or, when used as an adjective...
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cubic yards,
cubic yard,
cubic yds,
cubic yd cu
yards, cu
yard, cu yds, cu yd, CYs
yards/-3,
yard/-3, yds/-3, yd/-3
yards^3,
yard^3, yds^3, yd^3 yards3...
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square yard,
square yds,
square yd sq
yards, sq
yard, sq yds, sq yd, sq.yd.
yards/-2,
yard/-2, yds/-2, yd/-2
yards^2,
yard^2, yds^2, yd^2
yards²,
yard², yds²...
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players for 40
yards comes from the
average distance of a punt and the time it
takes to
reach that distance.
Punts average around 40
yards in
distance from...
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second 2,000-
yard season in 1984. ****erson
rushed for 2,105
yards, the
current NFL
rushing record, and
averaged 131.6
rushing yards per game. Detroit...
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yards for the New York City
Subway system, and one for the
Staten Island Railway.
There are 10
active A
Division yards and 11
active B
Division yards...
