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Boyard :: Boyard (n.) A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania..

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..

Barway :: Barway (n.) A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars made to take out of the posts..

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..

Whinyard :: Whinyard (n.) A sword, or hanger..

Fall :: Fall (n.) The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship..

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

Tackling :: Tackling (n.) Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc..

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

Reef :: Reef (v. t.) To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.

Bunt :: Bunt (n.) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard..

Trones :: Trones (n.) A steelyard.

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

Necropolis :: Necropolis (n.) A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard..

Volume :: Volume (n.) Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas..

Scalebeam :: Scalebeam (n.) A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard..

Peak :: Peak (n.) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc..

Topgallant :: Topgallant (a.) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship..

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

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..

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