yerd
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Is yerd a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A yard, plot of ground around a building or fenced paddock.Examples: "James Sympson, buryed in the yerd, xxvj may"; ""William Luff, fysherman, of the parishe of St Clementes in Hastyng . . . My body to be buryed in the church yerd of st Clementes” 17 Jun. 1545."; "Robert Shertecliff for cheife rent of his tane yerd which he bought of my Lord pro dimidio anno xiid ."obsolete
2. (obsolete) A yard (unit of measurement); three feet.Examples: "(15 aprill 1550 ) Such Napery as was in the church the same day one towell of holand of iij yerdes dimidium long & yerd brode one towell of calicow cloth / v yerdes a quarter long & dimidium yerd brode"; "It 1 towell diaper olde 2 yerds di. yerd brede"; "Itm. the 12 day of June 1545 he sent me a reckenyng by my sarvant Henry Setterfford of 25 seme Wellsche bordes at 6d the seame & of a brode yerd 3 qrs. of muster clothe at 4s the yerd & of a yerd of white kersy at 20d & 2 yerdes ½ Bristowe frise at 12d the yerd & of a yerd & I qr. russett kersy at 14d the yerd & for 4 yerdes 3 qr. grey frize at 6d the yerd."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) To bury or be buried.Examples: "To owd Tim's grave this neet aw bin, An' yerd him in't mysel."; "and when she dies, I'm to pay for the yerding of her honestly, and a' the o'ercome is to be my ain; and by that time I'll be as rich es e'er my father was before me."; "Forbes took him at the kirk of Forbes and struck off his head and caused yerd him behind the kirk, and sett his grave about with tippet stones, where it remains as yet ( 1580 ) to testifie the same."obsolete
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