Yarde

The people who filled the 'yarde' were called groundlings. ❋ Walter Besant (1868)

I had directed, a good dinner to be made against to-morrow, and invited guests in the yarde, meaning to be merry, in order to her taking leave, for she intends to come in a day or two to me for altogether. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

September 22, 2009 at 12:20 pm ai haz an arieuh inn mai yarde dats unnercobber awl yeer. haz da moast beeuteus haustas inna spreeng n sommer cuz da kats uze et az litterbauz awl wintur lawng… ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fyve curteins of crimson sattin to the same bedsted, striped downe with a bone lace of gold and silver, garnished with buttons and loops of crimson silk and golde, containing xiiij bredths of sattin, and one yarde iij quarters deepe. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Thei deuised to rounde of the foreskinne of their yarde (whiche we call circumcision) because thei would haue a notable knowledge betwene them, and other nacions. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Hollanders called their Church yarde, or the dead Island, because many saylers dying in that place, were buried in the African earth, and the 29. of the same Month died Iohn Dignumsz Mayster of the ❋ Unknown (2003)

William Antony the Master of the ship himselfe (when none else would or durst) ventured with danger of drowning by creeping along vpon the maine yarde (which was let downe close to the railes) to gather it up out of the sea, and to fasten it thereto, being in the meane while oft-times ducked ouer head and eares into the sea. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Herewith our maine saile was torne from the yarde and blowne ouerboord quite away into the sea without recouery, and our other sailes so rent and torne (from side to side some of them) that hardly any of them escaped hole. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Euery Shoomakers or Taylors wife will haue a gowne of silke, and one to carie vp her traine, wearing their shooes very neere halfe a yarde high from the ground: if a stranger meete one of them, he will surely thinke by the state that she goeth with, that he meeteth a Lady. ❋ Unknown (2003)

In the middest of the chamber stoode a table or cupbord to set plate on; which stoode full of cuppes of golde: and amongst all the rest there stoode foure marueilous great pottes or crudences as they call them, of golde and siluer: I think they were a good yarde and a halfe hie. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Hitherto, as I sayde, our iourney was most prosperous, and all our shippes in very good plight, more then that the Mary Rose, by some mischance, either sprang or spent her fore-yarde, and two dayes after Sir Robert Crosse had in a maner the like mischance. ❋ Unknown (2003)

When he cam all in the yarde, soore te geys were ill a-frede; ❋ Unknown (1999)

And this dunge you shall bring into your garden in little drumblars or whéele-barrowes, made for the purpose, such as being in common vse in euery Husbandmans yarde it shall be néedlesse here either to shew the figure or proportion thereof. ❋ Gervase Markham (N/A)

Wyne at our Seller barre; Item every mornyng at our Wood yarde foure tall shyds and twoo ffagottes; Item at our Chaundrye barre in winter every night oon pryket and foure syses of Waxe with eight candelles white lights and oon torche; Item at our ❋ Various (N/A)

Fyrst I bequethe my sowle to Almyghty god or [our] lady St. Mary and all the holy company of heyvyng, my bodie to be buried in the church yarde of Cukefeld. ❋ E.V. Lucas (N/A)

An arow, that a cloth-yarde was lang, to the harde stele halyde he; ❋ Various (N/A)

Plough without it, and it is called the Aker-staffe, being a pretty bigge cudgell, of about a yarde in length, with an Iron spud at the end, according to this figure: ❋ Gervase Markham (N/A)

Those who stood could press right up to the stage, which was a platform four or five feet high projecting well out from the back of the house "to the middle of the yarde." ❋ John Masefield (1922)

London in reference to Shakspeare lending "Some monei on some od yarde land or other att Shottri or neare about us." ❋ Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence (1875)

Imprinted at London, by John Tysdale and are to be solde at hys shop in the vpper ende of Lvmbard streete, in Alhallowes Churche yarde neare vntoo grace church. ❋ William Carew Hazlitt (1873)

I get home and post on my [snapchat] story “yarded🏠” [to let] others know i’m [at home] ❋ Sno🤙🏽 (2018)

I'll meet y'all out [on the yard] [after class]. There's going to be [a step] show on the yard after the game. ❋ Nough Shame (2011)

ive got [bare] [mans] up [my yard] ❋ Tom And Steve (2003)

"[my milkshake] brings all the boys to [my yard].." "meet you at my yard in 5, [aight]?" ❋ §håÐðw (2004)

I got [yarded] last night. I’ve got to yard some work real quick. I’m going to [yarding] over [in a bit]. ❋ Yardmeister (2021)

Man that Gucci t-shirt [set me] [back a yard], but it looks door with my [Versace] jeans ❋ Breaking Dancing On Cardboard (2019)

"I know who ran through [my yard] and its not cool. I spent [good money] for 2 apple trees that are dead now. I would suggest you get a new hobby. You also didnt happen to see my deer cameras in my yard that took your photograph. I would advise you not to run though my yard again. " - local mother "damn, i love [yarding]." - all yard harders. ❋ Originally4cylinder (2011)

[My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard], and they're like "It's [better than] yours" ... ❋ Bob Saget Is The Devil (2008)

Yo [Rob], [i heard that] stuff cost you 2 [yards]! ❋ DH. Droppin It Like Its Hot! (2003)

"[Big up] all [the yard] [man dem]" ❋ Queens Finest Aka Your Highness (pay Homage) (2006)