A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation.
In Spain, Spanish America, etc., a court or courtyard of a house or other building; esp., an inner court open to the sky.
A usually paved area adjacent to a dwelling, used for outdoor lounging, dining, receptions of guests, etc.
A rod; a stick; a staff.
A branch; a twig.
A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.
The penis.
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. See Illust. of Ship.
A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.
