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A vineyard. [Obs.] "The vinery of Ramer." Fabyan.

A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres. [Obs.] T. Warton.

nsions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas.

a motacilloides) common in Southern Australia, where it is very tame, and frequents stock yards and gardens and often builds its nest about houses; -- called also black fantail. -- Water wagtail. (a) Any one of several species of wagtails of the restricted genus Motacilla. They live chiefly on the shores of ponds and…

A piece of plank two yard Bailey.

x; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips. Chaucer. I am in the waist two yards about. Shak.

The common dooryard plantain (Plantago major).

A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam.

es in wine, cider, and other fermented liquors. -- Wine grower, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine. -- Wine measure, the measure by which wines and other spirits are sold, smaller than beer measure. -- Wine merchant, a merchant who deals in wines. -- Wine of opium (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatiz…

iging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. J. Ledyard.

To wind, or wrap; especially, to wind a rope round, as a mast or yard made of two or more pieces, at the place where it has been fished or scarfed, in order to strengthen it.

The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit. [Prov. Eng.]

w the entrance or exit of anything. 't is now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn. Shak.

See 1st & 2d Yard. [Obs.] Chaucer.

having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.