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Byard :: Byard (n.) A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines..

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..

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely..

Tanyard :: Tanyard (n.) An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.

Point :: Point (n.) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman..

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards..

Truss :: Truss (n.) The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.

Crossjack :: Crossjack (n.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast..

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..

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel..

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

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..

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

Nail :: Nail (a.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard..

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..

Top-chain :: Top-chain (n.) A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away..

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

Yard :: Yard (n.) An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard..

Muscovy Duck :: Muscovy duck () A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil..

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch..

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