Yard and Patch

• (n.) A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
• (v.i.) A branch; a twig.
• (n.) An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
• (n.) An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
• (v.i.) A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
• (v.i.) The penis.
• (v.t.) To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.
• (v.i.) A measure of length, equaling three feet or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.
• (v.i.) A rod; a stick; a staff.
• (v.i.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.

noun

• A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91. 44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride.
  • synonyms: pace
• The enclosed land around a house or other building.
  • usage: "it was a small house with almost no yard"
  • synonyms: grounds, curtilage
• A tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings. )
  • usage: "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
• The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
  • synonyms: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou
• A unit of volume (as for sand or gravel.
  • synonyms: cubic yard
• A tract of land where logs are accumulated.
• An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines.
  • synonyms: railway yard, railyard
• A long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen.
• An enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock. ).

Slang for one billion currency units. Used particularly in currency trading, e. G., for Japanese yen since one billion yen equals approximately US$10 million. It is clearer to say, "I'm a buyer of a' Yard' of yen" than to say, "I'm a buyer of a billion yen" which could be misheard as "I'm a buyer of a million yen.".

noun

• A small contrasting part of something.
  • usage: "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
  • synonyms: spot, speckle, dapple, fleck, maculation
• A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.
  • usage: "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
  • synonyms: plot, plot of land, plot of ground
• A piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole.
• A period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition.
  • usage: "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"; "a patch of bad weather"
  • synonyms: while, piece, spell
• A short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program.
• A connection intended to be used for a limited time.
  • synonyms: temporary hookup
• Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment. )
  • usage: "her stockings had several mends"
  • synonyms: mend, darn
• A protective cloth covering for an injured eye.
  • synonyms: eyepatch
• A piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body.
  • synonyms: bandage

verb

• To join or unite the pieces of.
  • usage: "patch the skirt"
  • synonyms: piece
• Provide with a patch; also used metaphorically.
  • usage: "The field was patched with snow"
• Mend by putting a patch on.
  • usage: "patch a hole"
  • synonyms: patch up
• Repair by adding pieces.
  • usage: "She pieced the china cup"
  • synonyms: piece

• (n.) Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.
• (n.) A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
• (n.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
• (v.t.) To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.
• (v.t.) To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.
• (n.) A piece of cloth or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
• (v.t.) To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces festened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.
• (n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
• (n.) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.
• (n.) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck, to hide a defect or to heighten beauty.
• (v.t.) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather or the like; as, to patch a coat.

• Name Meaning: Form of Peter. A rock
• Name Origin: American