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Foot :: Foot (n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard..

Town :: Town (adv. & prep.) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard..

Arm :: Arm (n.) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke..

Greencloth :: Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates..

Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor..

Verge :: Verge (n.) A virgate; a yardland.

Wair :: Wair (n.) A piece of plank two yard/ long and a foot broad.

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch..

Score :: Score (n.) A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.

Jib :: "Jib (v. i.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc..

Footrope :: Footrope (n.) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse..

Boyard :: Boyard (n.) A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania..

Six :: Six (a.) One more than five; twice three; as, six yards..

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards..

Stirt :: Stirrup (v. i.) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope..

Farmyard :: Farmyard (n.) The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings..

Spar :: Spar (v. t.) A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff..

Square :: Square (n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards..

Chondrometer :: Chondrometer (n.) A steelyard for weighting grain.

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