a yardstick of comparison
1Yardstick — Folding carpenter s ruler A y …
2yardstick — ► NOUN 1) a measuring rod a yard long. 2) a standard used for comparison …
3yardstick — [[t]jɑ͟ː(r)dstɪk[/t]] yardsticks N COUNT If you use someone or something as a yardstick, you use them as a standard for comparison when you are judging other people or things. She had never had a real boyfriend before and so had no yardstick by… …
4yardstick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ruler; standard, criterion, rule, test, measure. See measurement. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A rule three feet long] Syn. thirty six inch ruler, measuring stick, molding rule, yard, yard measure; see also …
5yardstick — noun 1》 a measuring rod a yard long. 2》 a standard used for comparison …
6yardstick — n. 1 a standard used for comparison. 2 a measuring rod a yard long, usu. divided into inches etc …
7West Country whipping — Knot details name= West Country whipping names= type= whipping strength= origin= related= Sailmaker s whipping releasing= uses= Whipping caveat= abok number= #3458The West Country Whipping is a quick practical method of using twine to secure the… …
8Alan Christopher Deere — Alan Deere Alan Deere, 1941 Birth name Alan Christoper Deere …
9standard — n 1 *flag, ensign, banner, color, streamer, pennant, pendant, pennon, jack 2 Standard, criterion, gauge, yardstick, touchstone can all mean a measure by which one judges a thing as authentic, good, or adequate or the degree to which it is… …
10ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …
