yard
         n 1: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44
               centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a
               stride [syn: {yard}, {pace}]
         2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a
            small house with almost no yard" [syn: {yard}, {grounds},
            {curtilage}]
         3: a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes
            paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a
            repair yard on the edge of town"
         4: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
            {thousand}, {one thousand}, {1000}, {M}, {K}, {chiliad}, {G},
            {grand}, {thou}, {yard}]
         5: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) [syn: {cubic yard},
            {yard}]
         6: a tract of land where logs are accumulated
         7: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for
            storage and maintenance of cars and engines [syn: {yard},
            {railway yard}, {railyard}]
         8: a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support
            and spread a square sail or lateen
         9: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)

English Dictionary: yard	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yardie n member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence; "A much publicized raid on a yardie stronghold had first been simulated at Riot City"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yurt n a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self- supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yard \Yard\, v. t.       To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a       yard; as, to yard cows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yard \Yard\, n. [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. gar[edh]r       yard, house, Sw. g[86]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house,       garda sheepfold, L. hortus garden, Gr. cho`rtos an inclosure.       Cf. {Court}, {Garden}, {Garth}, {Horticulture}, {Orchard}.]       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.          {Yard grass} (Bot.), a low-growing grass ({Eleusine Indica})             having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and             like places, especially in the Southern United States.             Called also {crab grass}.          {Yard of land}. See {Yardland}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yard \Yard\, n. [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}, n., {Gird}, n., {Gride}, v. i., {Hastate}.]       1. A rod; a stick; a staff. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.                         If men smote it with a yerde.            --Chaucer.          2. A branch; a twig. [Obs.]                         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. [Obs.]          4. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six             inches, being the standard of English and American             measure.          5. The penis.          6. (Naut.) 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}.          {Golden Yard}, or {Yard and Ell} (Astron.), a popular name of             the three stars in the belt of Orion.          {Under yard} [i. e., under the rod], under contract. [Obs.]             --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yard \Yard\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for       pasture, protection, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yeared \Yeared\, a.       Containing years; having existed or continued many years;       aged. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yearth \Yearth\, n.       The earth. [Obs.] [bd]Is my son dead or hurt or on the yerthe       felled?[b8] --Ld. Berners.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yerd \Yerd\, n.       See 1st & 2d {Yard}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.