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  • 1Yard Work Search —    The term used to describe any number of drills that can be done in and around the kennel area. Baseball and OB are but two examples …

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  • 2Yard with Lunatics — Yard with Lunatics, 43.8cm x 32.7cm. c. 1794 Yard with Lunatics (Spanish: Corral de locos) is a small oil on tinplate painting completed by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya between 1793 and 1794. Goya said that the painting was informed by… …

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  • 3Yard — 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[eth]r yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda… …

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  • 4Yard grass — 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[eth]r yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda… …

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  • 5Yard of land — 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[eth]r yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda… …

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  • 6yard — yard1 /yahrd/, n. 1. a common unit of linear measure in English speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter. 2. Naut. a long spar, supported more or less at its center, to which the head of a square sail,… …

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  • 7yard — [[t]jɑ͟ː(r)d[/t]] ♦♦ yards 1) N COUNT: num N, oft N of n A yard is a unit of length equal to thirty six inches or approximately 91.4 centimetres. The incident took place about 500 yards from where he was standing... A few yards away, José Vargas… …

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  • 8yard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. enclosure, court[yard], patio. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An enclosure, usually about a building] Syn. court, courtyard, barnyard, backyard, corral, fold, patch, patio, terrace, play area, lawn, grass,… …

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  • 9yard — I. /jad / (say yahd) noun 1. a common unit of linear measure in the imperial system equal to 3 ft or 36 in., defined as 0.9144 metres. 2. Nautical a long cylindrical spar with a taper towards each end, slung crosswise to a mast and suspending a… …

  • 10yard — I [[t]yɑrd[/t]] n. 1) wam a) a unit of linear measure in English speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches (0.9144 meter) b) a cubic yard: a yard of topsoil[/ex] 2) naut. navig. a long spar, supported more or less at its center, to which… …

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