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noun
A yard, plot of ground around a building or fenced paddock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A yard (unit of measurement); three feet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To bury or be buried.
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verb
Heard.
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gherdh- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ghórdhos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Proto-West Germanic *gard Old English ġeard Middle English yerd English yerd Inherited from Middle English yerd (“yard”).
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