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

Yardfuls :: Yardfuls (pl. ) of Yardfu.

Fish :: Fish (n.) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard..

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

Foreyard :: Foreyard (n.) The lowermost yard on the foremast.

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely..

Commandant :: Commandant (n.) A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard..

Measure :: Measure (v. i.) To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter..

Hopyard :: Hopyard (n.) A field where hops are raised.

Ulna :: Ulna (n.) An ell; also, a yard..

Yerd :: Yerd (n.) See 1st & 2d Yard.

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

Pea :: Pea (n.) The sliding weight on a steelyard.

Churchyard :: Churchyard (n.) The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery..

Chicken :: Chicken (n.) A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl..

Earing :: Earing (n.) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing.

Rider :: Rider (n.) A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard..

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel..

Whinyard :: Whinyard (n.) The poachard.

Quarter :: Quarter (n.) The after-part of a vessel's side, generally corresponding in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of the yardarm outside of the slings..

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