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

Yard :: Yard (v. i.) 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..

Kirkyard :: Kirkyard (n.) A churchyard.

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..

Curtilage :: Curtilage (n.) A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house..

Amain :: Amain (v. t.) To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc..

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

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards..

Brace :: Brace (v. t.) To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards..

Heer :: Heer (n.) A yarn measure of six hundred yards or / of a spindle. See Spindle.

Haggard :: Haggard (n.) A stackyard.

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

Mast :: Mast (n.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel..

Courtyard :: Courtyard (n.) A court or inclosure attached to a house.

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..

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

Dungyard :: Dungyard (n.) A yard where dung is collected.

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like..

Whinyard :: Whinyard (n.) The shoveler.

Brickyard :: Brickyard (n.) A place where bricks are made, especially an inclosed place..

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