YERD

Etymology

Verb

yerd (third-person singular simple present yerds, present participle yerding, simple past and past participle yerded)

(rare) To beat with a stick

Anagrams

• Dery, Drey, Drye, Dyer, Ryde, d'yer, drey, dyer

Source: Wiktionary


Yerd, n.

Definition: See 1st & 2d Yard. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CRITICAL

(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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