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Boxhaul :: Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)..

Yardfuls :: Yardfuls (pl. ) of Yardfu.

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

Acre :: Acre (n.) A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English..

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

Centare :: Centare (n.) A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1/ square yards..

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

Pea :: Pea (n.) The sliding weight on a steelyard.

Farmery :: Farmery (n.) The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead.

Hortyard :: Hortyard (n.) An orchard.

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

Drop :: Drop (v. i.) To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards..

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..

Score :: Score (n.) A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.

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

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

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard..

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

Whinyard :: Whinyard (n.) The poachard.

Manure :: Manure (n.) Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc..

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