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Bismer :: Bismer (n.) A rule steelyard.

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

Glean :: Glean (v. t.) To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.

Lea :: Lea (n.) A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay..

Bayardly :: Bayardly (a.) Blind; stupid.

Vinedresser :: Vinedresser (n.) One who cultivates, prunes, or cares for, grapevines; a laborer in a vineyard..

Stere :: Stere (n.) A unit of cubic measure in the metric system, being a cubic meter, or kiloliter, and equal to 35.3 cubic feet, or nearly 1/ cubic yards..

Dooryard :: Dooryard (n.) A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.

Guy :: Guy (n.) A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened..

Barton :: Barton (n.) A farmyard.

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

Virgate :: Virgate (n.) A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres..

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

Are :: Are (n.) The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards..

Cockbill :: Cockbill (v. t.) To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning..

Acockbill :: Acockbill (adv.) Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.

Keelhaul :: Keelhaul (v. i.) To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies..

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.

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..

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

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