| yard | 1. A rod; a stick; a staff. "If men smote it with a yerde." (Chaucer) 2. A branch; a twig. "The bitter frosts with the sleet and rain Destroyed hath the green in every yerd." (Chaucer) 3. A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc. 4. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure. 5. The penis. 6. A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. <astronomy> Golden Yard, or Yard and Ell, a popular name of the three stars in the belt of Orion. Under yard [i. E, under the rod], under contract. Origin: OE. Yerd, AS. Gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, a measure, a yard; akin to OFries. Ierde, OS. Gerda, D. Garde, G. Gerte, OHG. Gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. Gaddr a goad, sting, Goth. Gazds, and probably to L. Hasta a spear. Cf. Gad, Gird, Gride, Hastate. 1. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard. "A yard . . . Inclosed all about with sticks In which she had a cock, hight chanticleer." (Chaucer) 2. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard. Liberty of the yard, a liberty, granted to persons imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any other limits prescribed by law, on their giving bond not to go beyond those limits. Prison yard, an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it. <botany> Yard grass, a low-growing grass (Eleusine Indica) having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and like places, especially in the Southern United States. Synonym: crab grass. Yard of land. See Yardland. Origin: OE. Yard, yerd, AS. Geard; akin to OFries. Garda garden, OS. Gardo garden, gard yard, D. Gaard garden, G. Garten, OHG. Garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. Garthr yard, house, Sw. Gard, Dan. Gaard, Goth. Gards a house, garda sheepfold, L. Hortus garden, Gr. Chortos an inclosure. Cf. Court, Garden, Garth, Horticulture, Orchard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| yarder | A machine used in yarding timber. (05 Dec 1998) |
| yarding | The initial movement of logs from the point of felling to a central loading area or landing. (05 Dec 1998) |
| yarke | <zoology> Same as Saki. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| yarnut | <botany> See Yernut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| yarrow | <botany> An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odour and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Synonym: milfoil, and nosebleed. Origin: OE. Yarowe, yarwe, yarowe, AS. Gearwe; akin to D. Gerw, OHG. Garwa, garawa, G. Garbe, schafgarbe, and perhaps to E. Yare. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Yarrowia lipolytica alkaline extracellular protease | <enzyme> First secreted as precursor Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: alkaline extracellular protease, yarrowia lipolytica, yl-ae protease (26 Jun 1999) |
| yarwhip | <zoology> The European bar-tailed godwit; called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit. Origin: So called from its sharp cry uttered when taking wing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| yatapoxvirus | A genus of the family poxviridae, subfamily chordopoxvirinae, causing tumours in primates. The type species is yaba monkey tumour virus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| yaup | 1. A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain. 2. <zoology> The blue titmouse. Origin: Written also yawp. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| yaupon | <botany> A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Synonym: South-Sea tea. Alternative forms: yapon, youpon, and yupon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| yaw | An individual lesion of the eruption of yaws. (05 Mar 2000) |
| yaw-weed | <botany> A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odourous flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| yawl-rigged | Having two masts with fore-and-aft sails, but differing from a schooner in that the after mast is very small, and stepped as far aft as possible. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| yawn | 1. To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate. "The lazy, yawning drone." "And while above he spends his breath, The yawning audience nod beneath." (Trumbull) 2. To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything. "'t is now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn." (Shak) 3. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment. 4. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings. "One long, yawning gaze." Origin: OE. Yanien, yanien, ganien, gonien, AS. Ganian; akin to ginian to yawn, ginan to yawn, open wide, G. Gahnen to yawn, OHG. Ginen, geinon, Icel. Gina to yawn, gin the mouth, OSlav. Zijati to yawn, L. Hiare to gape, yawn; and perhaps to E. Begin, cf. Gr. Cheia a hole. B. Cf. Begin, Gin to begin, Hiatus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| yard |
A part of the surface used for mine tracks or storage of material.
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Fenced off, outdoor storage and repair area.
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A unit of measure. A yard is approximately 91.5 cm. A yard is also 3 feet.
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A large horizontal spar, fastened to the masts of a square-rigged vessel to carry the square sails. ***
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(1) the open, unoccupied ground area on a lot, between the exterior walls of a building and the property line. Yards may be to the front, rear or side of the building. (2) slang for a $100 bill.
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| YA | a name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH |
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| YA | a collection of sacrificial formulas |
| YA | large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated |
| YA | a humorous anecdote or remark |
| YA | noisy talk |
| YA | butter made from yaks' milk |
| YA | the milk of a yak |
| YA | noisy talk |
| YA | a town in south central Washington |
| YA | the Turkic language spoken by the Yakut people |
| YA | a member of a Turkic people of NE Siberia (mainly in the Lena river basin) |
| YA | a university in Connecticut |