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whin·yard
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Whinyardnoun
Etymology: winnan and are , to gain honour, Saxon, Stephen Skinner. I know not whether this word was ever used seriously, and therefore perhaps it might be denominated in contempt from whin, a tool to cut whins.
He snatch’d his whinyard up, that fled
When he was falling off his steed. Hudibras.
Webster Dictionary
Whinyardnoun
a sword, or hanger
Whinyardnoun
the shoveler
Whinyardnoun
the poachard
Etymology: [Cf. Prov. E. & Scot. whingar, whinger; perhaps from AS. winn contention, war + geard, gyrd, a staff, rod, yard; or cf. AS. hwnan to whistle, E. whine.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Whinyard
See Whinger.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
whinyard
A sort of hanger, serving both as a weapon and a knife. An archaism for a cutlass. See the Gentleman in the Cobler of Canterburie, 1590:-- "His cloake grew large and sid, And a faire winniard by his side."
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
whinyard
A sword, or hanger, so called by Butler in his “Hudibras.”
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of whinyard in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of whinyard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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