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Yard

noun

A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride. Synonym: pace.

The enclosed land around a house or other building. Synonyms: curtilage, grounds.

A tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings).

The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100. Synonyms: 1000, chiliad, G, grand, K, M, one thousand, thou, thousand.

A unit of volume (as for sand or gravel). Synonym: cubic yard.

A tract of land where logs are accumulated.

An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines. Synonyms: railway yard, railyard.

A long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen.

An enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock).

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— The Mystery of the Four Fingers • Fred M. White

... hard from S. E at 11/2 miles arived at a Open where I had a view of the Seas Coast for a long Distance rocks in every direction. Struck a branch and come down to the Sea at which place an old village between 2 Creeks of the Colemix Nation which inhabits this Coast, grave yard deposed of in Canoes in which the bodies are laid in boxes in the Canoe, Paddles &c thos poople must use thos Canoes in the higher Seas of which then ever I Saw on a Cost ruding Countrey Crossed 3 points rocks great Distanc in the Sea, hill Sides Sliping from emins ...

— The Journals of Lewis and Clark • Meriwether Lewis et al

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— Hymns for Christian Devotion - Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination • J.G. Adams

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... had been any doubt in Joe's mind, it would soon have been cleared up. Oscar had been lying in wait for his appearance, and managed to meet him as he went out into the yard. ...

— Joe's Luck - Always Wide Awake • Horatio Alger, Jr.

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