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Fill :: Fill (a.) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails.

Crotch :: Crotch (n.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch..

Square-toed :: Square-rigged (a.) Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels..

Sprocket Wheel :: Spritsail (n.) A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard..

Yardstick :: Yardstick (n.) A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc..

Top :: Top (v. t.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other..

Barnyard :: Barnyard (n.) A yard belonging to a barn.

Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc..

Kirkyard :: Kirkyard (n.) A churchyard.

Yardful :: Yardful (n.) As much as a yard will contain; enough to fill a 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..

Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom..

Graveyard :: Graveyard (n.) A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.

Hortyard :: Hortyard (n.) An orchard.

Panyard :: Panyard (n.) See Pannier.

Yarwhip :: Yarwhip (n.) The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit..

Bayard :: Bayard (a.) A stupid, clownish fellow..

Brace :: Brace (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon..

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..

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