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Rider :: Rider (n.) A small forked weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard..

Ulna :: Ulna (n.) An ell; also, a yard..

Crotch :: Crotch (n.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch..

Yardful :: Yardful (n.) As much as a yard will contain; enough to fill a yard.

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..

Yard :: Yard (v. i.) A branch; a twig.

Dooryard :: Dooryard (n.) A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.

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

Vinery :: Vinery (n.) A vineyard.

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

Trones :: Trones (n.) A steelyard.

Buntline :: Buntline (n.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in..

Stacte :: Stackyard (n.) A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain.

Yew :: Yew (n.) An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards..

Glean :: Glean (v. t.) To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.

Scale :: Scale (n.) A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances; as, a scale of miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan..

Parrel :: Parrel (n.) The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.

Barton :: Barton (n.) A farmyard.

Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard..

Furlong :: Furlong (a.) A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.

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