*yar*

n. 1. [ OF. bayard, baiart, bay horse; bai bay + -ard. See Bay, a., and -ard. ] Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blind bayard moves the mill. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. F. bayeur, fr. bayer to gape. ] A stupid, clownish fellow. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Blind; stupid. [ Obs. ] “A formal and bayardly round of duties.” Goodman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woolen yarn. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Russ. boiárin'. ] A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ English writers sometimes call Russian landed proprietors boyars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A place where bricks are made, especially an inclosed place. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like graves in the holy churchyard. Shak.

Syn. -- Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis; cemetery; God's acre. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A court or inclosure attached to a house. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; bond + &unr_; muscle. ] (Zool.) The division of Tunicata which includes the Salpæ. See Salpa. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖/mhw>, n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; = &unr_; + &unr_; to close. ] (Zool.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the Dimya. -- n. One of the Dimya. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Zool.) Same as Dimyarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.

n. A yard where dung is collected. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) The lowermost yard on the foremast. [ See Illust. of Ship. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A buffoon. See Goliard. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hale, v. t. + yard. ] (Naut.) A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc. [ Written also halliard, haulyard. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an enclosed yard for keeping poultry.
Syn. -- chicken yard, chicken run, fowl run. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; other + &unr_; a muscle. ] (Zool.) A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A field where hops are raised. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An orchard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The yard adjoining an inn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The eighth month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May).
Syn. -- Iyyar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a field where junk is collected and stored for resale. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A churchyard. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cocoanut fiber, or the cordage made from it. See Coir. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. lanière thong, strap, OF. lasniere, fr. lasne strap, thong, L. lacinia lappet. flap, edge of a garment. Cf. Lanier. ] [ Written also laniard. ] 1. (Naut.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to the Magyars or their language; Hungarian. [ PJC ]

prop. n. [ Hung. ] 1. (Ethnol.) One of the dominant people of Hungary, allied to the Finns; a Hungarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The language of the Magyars. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Naut.) The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. metgeard. See Mete to measure, and Yard stick. ] A yard, staff, or rod, used as a measure. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &unr_;, &unr_;, muscle. ] (Zool.) An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Monomya. -- n. One of the Monomya. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam (Mya) is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pannier. [ Obs. ] Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who advocates polyarchy; -- opposed to monarchist. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Poly- + -archy: cf. F. polyarchie. Cf. Polarchy. ] A government by many persons, of whatever order or class. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A native or inhabitant of Savoy. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A fine grade of woolen yarn twisted somewhat harder and smoother than zephyr yarn. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain. A. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named from a place in London called the Steelyard, which was a yard in which steel was sold. ] A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery. [ 1913 Webster ]