[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

yardstick \yard"stick`\ yaumrd"sti^k`, n.
   a stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure
   of distance, cloth, etc.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

yardstick
     n 1: a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of
          yardstick is he basing his judgment?"
     2: a ruler or tape that is three feet long syn: yard measure
see also:
yard measure 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

25 moby thesaurus words for "yardstick":
   barometer, basis, benchmark, canon, check, criterion, degree,
   exemplar, gauge, graduated scale, measure, model, norm, parameter,
   pattern, quantity, reading, readout, rule, scale, standard, test,
   touchstone, type, value

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http://www.yardstick.com/, score=100, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:58 pm

Portsmouth Home
...The Yardstick is a widely used method of rating boats of different ... The 2005 North American Portsmouth Yardstick for centerboard boats, ... ..
http://www.ussailing.org/portsmouth/, score=78, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 6:41 pm

Home Energy Yardstick : ENERGY STAR
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http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=home_energy_yardstick.index, score=78, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 5:44 pm

Portsmouth Yardstick Handicaps
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http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/sailing/portsmouth.html, score=75, date indexed=November 4, 2005, 3:46 pm

Home Energy Yardstick : ENERGY STAR
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http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=home_energy_yardstick.showStep2, score=67, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 7:58 pm

Segler-Verband SH - August 2005
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http://www.seglerverband-sh.de/126.0.html, score=66, date indexed=November 23, 2005, 8:22 pm

Standardized Minds: The high price of America's testing culture and what we can ...
..."Meritocracy's Crooked Yardstick".  . The following excerpt is from ... ..
http://www.fairtest.org/k12/psacks.html, score=62, date indexed=January 10, 2006, 3:22 pm

Segeln: Alles über Yardstick
...505: Portsmouth Yardstick HandicapsPortsmouth Yardstick Handicaps for ... A Theory of Yardstick Competition. A Theory of Yardstick Competition. ... ..
http://www.esys.org/regatta/yst_1.html, score=58, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:20 am

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http://www.rya.org.uk/Technical/yardstick/, score=56, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 5:23 pm

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