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REAR , the back or See also:hind portion of anything, particularly a military or See also:naval See also:term for that See also:part of a force which is placed last in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order, in opposition to " See also:van." As the last word, shortened from " van-guard," is an aphetic See also:form of Fr. avant, in front, See also:Lat. ab ante, so " rear " is an aphetic form of " arrear," 0. Fr. arere, mod. arriere, Med. Lat. ad retro, to the back, back-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward. From this word must be distinguished the verb " to rear," used in two See also:main senses: of a See also:horse, to stand up on its hind legs, and to raise up or lift, of the construction of a See also:building or of the breeding and bringing to maturity of domestic or
put one couple on and one couple off for meals and resting alternately. By this means the binder is kept going continuously without any stoppage for perhaps 14 See also:hours daily in See also:fine See also:harvest See also:weather. With a six-feet cutting width an See also:acre per See also:hour is See also:fair See also:work, but some have exceeded that, especially with wider cutting widths. A See also:ball of twine weighing 3 to 4 lb is the usual requisite per acre for binding the sheaves, and it ought to be of Manilla See also:hemp: " sizal " fibre (derived from the See also:American agaves and named after the See also:port on the See also:coast of See also:Yucatan) is not so strong and See also:good, though cheaper. Good twine is desirable, as otherwise frequent breakages leave many sheaves in a loose See also:state.
The sheaves are dropped off on to the ground as tied, but some farmers use the " sheaf-See also:carrier," which catches these as they are shot out from the binding apparatus, and dumps them in lots of six or so—sufficient to make a stook or See also:shock. The stooking—that is, the setting up of the sheaves on end to dry—is a See also:separate operation, and from two to three men can set up an See also:ordinary good See also:crop as fast as the binder can cut it. In this work the sheaves are set with their butts wide apart and the heads leaning against one another like the two legs of the See also:letter A: a full-sized stook or " threave " is 24 sheaves—a relic of the days when the crop was all See also:hand-reaped by piecework at so much per threave—but in practice now seldom more than 6 sheaves (3 each See also:side) are put to each stook. When sufficiently dried or " fielded " the sheaves are then carried by See also:cart or See also:wagon to theother animals, often used also of See also:young See also:children.
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