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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whinyard  \Whin"yard\,  n.  [Cf.  Prov.  E.  &  Scot.  whingar,  whinger; 
  perhaps  from  AS  winn  contention,  war  +  geard,  gyrd,  a  staff, 
  rod,  yard;  or  cf  AS  hw[=i]nan  to  whistle,  E.  whine.] 
  1.  A  sword,  or  hanger.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  [From  the  shape  of  the  bill.]  (Zo["o]l) 
  a  The  shoveler.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
  b  The  poachard.  [Prov.  Eng.] 

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