REAR  , the back or See also:

• HIND

hind portion of anything, particularly a military or See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• TERM

term for that See also:

• PART

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

van." As the last word, shortened from " van-guard," is an aphetic See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Fr. avant, in front, See also:

• LAT

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 (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main senses: of a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, to stand up on its hind legs, and to raise up or lift, of the construction of a See also:

• BUILDING

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, CANONICAL

hours daily in See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• HARVEST (A.S. hcerfest " autumn," O.H. Ger. herbist, possibly through an old Teutonic root representing Lat. car pere, " to pluck ")

harvest See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather . With a six-feet cutting width an See also:

• ACRE
• ACRE, or AQUIRY

acre per See also:

• HOUR

hour is See also:

• FAIR

fair See also:

• WORK

work, but some have exceeded that, especially with wider cutting widths . A See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

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 (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp: " sizal " fibre (derived from the See also:

• AMERICAN

American agaves and named after the See also:

• PORT

port on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• YUCATAN

Yucatan) is not so strong and See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good, though cheaper . Good twine is desirable, as otherwise frequent breakages leave many sheaves in a loose See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . The sheaves are dropped off on to the ground as tied, but some farmers use the " sheaf-See also:

• CARRIER
• CARRIER, JEAN BAPTISTE (1956-1794)

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, or COLLAPSE

shock . The stooking—that is, the setting up of the sheaves on end to dry—is a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate operation, and from two to three men can set up an See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary good See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

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 (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter A: a full-sized stook or " threave " is 24 sheaves—a relic of the days when the crop was all See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand-reaped by piecework at so much per threave—but in practice now seldom more than 6 sheaves (3 each See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side) are put to each stook . When sufficiently dried or " fielded " the sheaves are then carried by See also:

• CART (A.S. crcet, Gaelic cairt; connected with " car ")

cart or See also:

• WAGON, or WAGGON

wagon to theother animals, often used also of See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children .