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Yard vs Julia - What's the difference?

yard | julia |

As proper nouns the difference between yard and julia

is that yard is (scotland yard) or (new scotland yard) while julia is .

yard

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) yard, .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building ().
  • *
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard —peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
  • An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1931, author=
    • , title=Death Walks in Eastrepps , chapter=2/2 citation , passage=A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard .}}
  • (Jamaica) One’s house or home.
    • Derived terms
    See also Yard * apple-yard * back yard, back-yard, backyard * barn-yard, barnyard * bone-yard, boneyard * brickyard * castle yard * chapel yard * churchyard * court-yard, courtyard * deer-yard, deeryard * dockyard * door-yard, dooryard * dung-yard * farm-yard, farmyard * fore-yard * front yard * graveyard * green-yard, greenyard * grip-yard * hemp-yard * hop-yard * inn-yard, innyard * junk-yard, junkyard * kailyard, kaleyard * kirkyard * knacker's yard * liberty of the yard * lumber-yard, lumberyard * marshaling yard, marshalling yard * mast-yard * navy yard, navy-yard * olive-yard * * palace yard * par-yard * poultry-yard * press-yard * rick-yard, rickyard * rope-yard * sale-yard, saleyard * schoolyard * scrapyard * shipyard * show-yard * stable-yard * stack-yard, stackyard * steelyard * stockyard * straw yard * switchyard * tan-yard, tanyard * tenter-yard * tilt-yard, tiltyard * timber-yard, timberyard * vinegar-yard * vineyard * wood-yard, woodyard * yardage * yard bird, yardbird * yard-boy * yard broom * yard-dike * yard-dog * yardful * yard grass, yard-grass * yardhove * yarding * yardland * yardman * yardmaster * yard-money * yardperson * yard sale * yardsman * yardswoman * yard work, yard-work

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To confine to a yard.
  • * 1893 , Elijah Kellogg, Good old times, or, Grandfather's struggles for a homestead
    • As they reached the door, Bose, having yarded the cows, was stealing around the corner of the pig-sty, and making for the woods.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) yerd, , German Gerte.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.
  • (nautical) Any spar carried aloft ().
  • A staff, rod or stick.
    • (Piers Plowman)
  • A unit of length equal to three feet (exactly 0.9144 metres in the US and UK; ).
  • * , chapter=1
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’
  • (US, slang) One hundred dollars.
  • (obsolete) The penis.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:there were some people found who tooke pleasure to unhood the end of their yard , and to cut off the fore-skinne after the manner of the Mahometans and Jewes.
    • Derived terms
    * all wool and a yard wide * by the yard * clay yard * cloth yard, cloth-yard * cubic yard * fore-yard, foreyard * golden yard * jackyard * main yard, main-yard * mast-yard * meteyard * mizen-yard, mizen yard, mizzen-yard, mizzen yard * royal yardman * sailyard * six-yard box * square yard * steelyard * under the yard * upper yardman * yardage * yard-arm, yardarm * yard-coal * yarded * yardel * yard-fell * yard goods * yardland * yard-long * yard-measure * yard of ale * yard of clay * yard of land * yard of lime * yard of mortar * yard of satin * yard of stone * yard of tin * yard-rope * yard-seam * yard-stick, yardstick * yard-wand, yardwand * whole nine yards

    Etymology 3

    Corruption of (etyl) milliard.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) 109, A thousand millions or milliard.
    • I need to hedge a yard of yen.

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    julia

    English

    (wikipedia Julia) (Julia of Corsica)

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • .
  • A female saint, (Julia of Corsica).
  • (astronomy) Short for , a main belt asteroid; named for Saint (Julia of Corsica).

    • Related terms

    * Gillian, Gill, Jill, Jillian, Juliana, Jilly, Julie, Juliet, Juliette.

    Usage notes

    In Ireland it is common for a girl named Julia to be referred to informally as Sheila.

    Quotations

    * : *: Salute Philologus, and Julia , Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them. * 1826 The New-York Literary Gazette and American Athenaeum , July 8, 1826, J.G.Brooks&G.Bond, page 216: *: "Julia'!" when alone he would exclaim; "what a sweet sounding and romantic name: ' Julia ! what music and magic in its sound! 'tis a name worthy only the fairest and purest of creation! * 2000 , Follow the Stars Home , Bantam Books, ISBN 055311073X, page 93: *: "Why did you name her Julia ?" Amy asked, letting the orange ice cream melt down the backs of her hands. *: "Because it sounds dignified."