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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..

Lugsail :: Lugsail (n.) A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.

Rap :: Rap (n.) A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

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

Savoyard :: Savoyard (n.) A native or inhabitant of Savoy.

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.

Hull :: Hull (v. t.) The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging..

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

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

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube..

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

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink..

Aloft :: Aloft (adv.) In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven..

Main Yard :: Main yard () The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast..

Yardland :: Yardland (n.) A measure of land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteen to forty acres; a virgate..

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..

Yard :: Yard (v. t.) To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows..

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

Tilt-yard :: Tilt-yard (n.) A yard or place for tilting.

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