Y () Y, the twenty-fifth letter
of the English alphabet, at the beginning of a word or syllable, except when a
prefix (see Y-), is usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and
usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide to
Pronunciation, // 145, 178-9, 272.
Y's (pl. ) of Y
Ys (pl. ) of Y
Y (n.) Something shaped
like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y.
Y (n.) One of the forked
holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a
theodolite; a wye.
Y (n.) A forked or
bifurcated pipe fitting.
Y (n.) A portion of track
consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track.
Y (pron.) I.
Y- () Alt. of I-
Y- () A prefix of obscure
meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns.
In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being
chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive
Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows
this use.
Ya (adv.) Yea.
Yacare (n.) A South
American crocodilian (Jacare sclerops) resembling the alligator in size and
habits. The eye orbits are connected together, and surrounded by prominent bony
ridges. Called also spectacled alligator, and spectacled cayman.
Yacca (n.) A West Indian
name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the
Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks.
Yacht (n.) A light and
elegantly furnished vessel, used either for private parties of pleasure, or as a
vessel of state to convey distinguished persons from one place to another; a
seagoing vessel used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc.
Yacht (v. i.) To manage a
yacht; to voyage in a yacht.
Yachter (n.) One engaged
in sailing a jacht.
Yachting (n.) Sailing for
pleasure in a yacht.
Yachtman (n.) See
Yachtsman.
Yachtsmen (pl. ) of
Yachtsman
Yachtsman (n.) One who
owns or sails a yacht; a yachter.
Yaf (imp.) Gave. See Give.
Yaffingale (n.) The yaffle.
Yaffle (n.) The European
green woodpecker (Picus, / Genius, viridis). It is noted for its loud laughlike
note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird,
yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack.
Yager (n.) In the German
army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling
the chasseur of the French army.
Yaguarundi (n.) Same as
Jaguarondi.
Yajur-Veda (n.) See Veda.
Yak (n.) A bovine mammal (Poephagus
grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of
its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is
long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes
in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack
the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow,
grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc.
Yakamilk (n.) See
Trumpeter, 3 (a).
Yakare (n.) Same as Yacare.
Yakin (n.) A large Asiatic
antelope (Budorcas taxicolor) native of the higher parts of the Himalayas and
other lofty mountains. Its head and neck resemble those of the ox, and its tail
is like that of the goat. Called also budorcas.
Yakoots (n. pl.) (Ethnol.)
A nomadic Mongolian tribe native of Northern Siberia, and supposed to be of
Turkish stock. They are mainly pastoral in their habits.
Yaksha (n.) A kind of
demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth.
Yalah (n.) The oil of the
mahwa tree.
Yam (n.) A large,
esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea;
also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have
netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest
species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated.
Yama (n.) The king of the
infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of
departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge
of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color,
with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on
a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands.
Yamma (n.) The llama.
Yamp (n.) An umbelliferous
plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its small fleshy roots, which are eaten by the
Indians from Idaho to California.
Yang (n.) The cry of the
wild goose; a honk.
Yang (v. i.) To make the
cry of the wild goose.
Yank (n.) A jerk or
twitch.
Yanked (imp. & p. p.) of
Yank
Yanking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yank
Yank (v. t.) To twitch; to
jerk.
Yank (n.) An abbreviation
of Yankee.
Yankee (n.) A nickname for
a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New
England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as
distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any
inhabitant of the United States.
Yankee (a.) Of or
pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
Yankee-Doodle (n.) The
name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the national airs of the United
States.
Yankee-Doodle (n.)
Humorously, a Yankee.
Yankeeism (n.) A Yankee
idiom, word, custom, or the like.
Yaourt (n.) A fermented
drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks.
Yap (v. i.) To bark; to
yelp.
Yap (n.) A bark; a yelp.
Yapock (n.) A South
American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil.
Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for
climbing. Called also water opossum.
Yapon (n.) Same as Yaupon.
Yarage (a.) The power of
moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship.
Yard (v. i.) A rod; a
stick; a staff.
Yard (v. i.) A branch; a
twig.
Yard (v. i.) A long piece
of timber, as a rafter, etc.
Yard (v. i.) A measure of
length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English
and American measure.
Yard (v. i.) The penis.
Yard (v. i.) A long piece
of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support
and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See
Illust. of Ship.
Yard (n.) An inclosure;
usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a
courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
Yard (n.) An inclosure
within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
Yard (v. t.) To confine
(cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.
Yardarm (n.) Either half
of a square-rigged vessel's yard, from the center or mast to the end.
Yardfuls (pl. ) of Yardful
Yardful (n.) As much as a
yard will contain; enough to fill a yard.
Yardland (n.) A measure of
land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteen to forty acres; a virgate.
Yardstick (n.) A stick
three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.
Yardwand (n.) A yardstick.
Yare (n.) Ready;
dexterous; eager; lively; quick to move.
Yare (adv.) Soon.
Yarely (adv.) In a yare
manner.
Yark (v. t. & i.) To yerk.
Yarke (n.) Same as Saki.
Yarn (n.) Spun wool;
woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or
silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing
sewing thread, or the like.
Yarn (n.) One of the
threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.
Yarn (n.) A story told by
a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a
yarn.
Yarnen (a.) Made of yarn;
consisting of yarn.
Yarnut (n.) See Yernut.
Yarr (v. i.) To growl or
snarl as a dog.
Yarrish (a.) Having a
rough, dry taste.
Yarrow (n.) An American
and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) with very finely dissected
leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic,
odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking.
Called also milfoil, and nosebleed.
Yarwhip (n.) The European
bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit.
Yataghan (n.) A long
knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double
curve, sometimes nearly straight.
Yate (n.) A gate. See 1st
Gate.
Yaud (n.) See Yawd.
Yaul (n.) See Yawl.
Yaulp (v. i.) To yaup.
Yaup (v. i.) To cry out
like a child; to yelp.
Yaup (n.) A cry of
distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain.
Yaup (n.) The blue
titmouse.
Yauper (n.) One who, or
that which, yaups.
Yaupon (n.) A shrub (Ilex
Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth
elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in
preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also
South-Sea tea.
Yawed (imp. & p. p.) of
Yaw
Yawing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yaw
Yaw (v. i.) To rise in
blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar
works.
Yaw (v. i. & t.) To steer
wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when
struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship.
Yaw (n.) A movement of a
vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight
course in steering.
Yawd (n.) A jade; an old
horse or mare.
Yawl (n.) A small ship's
boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
Yawl (v. i.) To cry out
like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
Yawl-rigged (a.) Having
two masts with fore-and-aft sails, but differing from a schooner in that the
after mast is very small, and stepped as far aft as possible. See Illustration
in Appendix.
Yawned (imp. & p. p.) of
Yawn
Yawning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yawn
Yawn (v. i.) To open the
mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to
oscitate.
Yawn (v. i.) To open wide;
to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything.
Yawn (v. i.) To open the
mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
Yawn (v. i.) To be eager;
to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat
livings.
Yawn (n.) An involuntary
act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting of a deep and long inspiration
following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc.,
being wide open.
Yawn (n.) The act of
opening wide, or of gaping.
Yawn (n.) A chasm, mouth,
or passageway.
Yawningly (adv.) In a
yawning manner.
Yawp (v. & n.) See Yaup.
Yaws (n.) A disease,
occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish
tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often
resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of
this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.
Yaw-weed (n.) A low,
shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West
Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers.
Ybe (p. p.) Been.
Ycleped (p. p.) Called;
named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings.
Ydo (p. p.) Done.
Ydrad (p. p.) Dreaded.
Ye () Alt. of Ye
Ye () an old method of printing
the article the (AS. /e), the "y" being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn
(/). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced ye. See The, and Thorn, n., 4.
Yen (pl. ) of Ye
Ye (n.) An eye.
Ye (pron.) The plural of
the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.
Ye (adv.) Yea; yes.
Yea (adv.) Yes; ay; a word
expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question,
now superseded by yes. See Yes.
Yea (adv.) More than this;
not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition of a more specific or more
emphatic clause. Cf. Nay, adv., 2.
Yea (n.) An affirmative
vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.
Yead (v. i.) Properly, a
variant of the defective imperfect yode, but sometimes mistaken for a present.
See the Note under Yede.
Yeaned (imp. & p. p.) of
Yean
Yeaning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yean
Yean (v. t. & i.) To bring
forth young, as a goat or a sheep; to ean.
Yeanling (n.) A lamb or a
kid; an eanling.
Year (n.) The time of the
apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the
earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year;
also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various
nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar
year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc.
In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called
bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that
year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
Year (n.) The time in
which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter
or of Saturn.
Year (n.) Age, or old age;
as, a man in years.
Yeara (n.) The California
poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison, a.
Yearbook (n.) A book
published yearly; any annual report or summary of the statistics or facts of a
year, designed to be used as a reference book; as, the Congregational Yearbook.
Yearbook (n.) A book
containing annual reports of cases adjudged in the courts of England.
Yeared (a.) Containing
years; having existed or continued many years; aged.
Yearling (n.) An animal
one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle,
sheep, and horses.
Yearling (a.) Being a year
old.
Yearly (a.) Happening,
accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.
Yearly (a.) Lasting a
year; as, a yearly plant.
Yearly (a.) Accomplished
in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth.
Yearly (adv.) Annually;
once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed.
Yearned (imp. & p. p.) of
Yearn
Yearning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yearn
Yearn (v. t.) To pain; to
grieve; to vex.
Yearn (v. i.) To be pained
or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
Yearn (v. i. & t.) To
curdle, as milk.
Yearn (v. i.) To be filled
with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling
the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to
long; to be eager.
Yearnful (a.) Desirous.
Yearningly (adv.) With
yearning.
Yearnings (n. pl.) The
maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used as a rennet for curdling milk.
Yearth (n.) The earth.
Yeast (n.) The foam, or
troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in
fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain
conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a
preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and
puffy; barm; ferment.
Yeast (n.) Spume, or foam,
of water.
Yeast (n.) A form of
fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells, rather than in a mycelium, and
reproduces by budding; esp. members of the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales.
Some fungi may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the
conditions of growth.
Yeast-bitten (a.) A term
used of beer when the froth of the yeast has reentered the body of the beer.
Yeastiness (n.) The
quality or state of being yeasty, or frothy.
Yeasty (a.) Frothy; foamy;
spumy, like yeast.
Yedding (n.) The song of a
minstrel; hence, any song.
Yede (imp.) Went. See Yode.
Yeel (n.) An eel.
Yeldhall (n.) Guildhall.
Yeldrin (n.) Alt. of
Yeldrine
Yeldrine (n.) The
yellow-hammer; -- called also yeldrock, and yoldrin.
Yelk (n.) Same as Yolk.
Yelled (imp. & p. p.) of
Yell
Yelling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yell
Yell (v. i.) To cry out,
or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.
Yell (v. t.) To utter or
declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone.
Yell (n.) A sharp, loud,
hideous outcry.
Yellow (superl.) Being of
a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of
that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange
and the green.
Yellow (n.) A bright
golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of
that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green.
Yellow (n.) A yellow
pigment.
Yellowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Yellow
Yellowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yellow
Yellow (v. t.) To make
yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.
Yellow (v. i.) To become
yellow or yellower.
Yellowammer (n.) See
Yellow-hammer.
Yellowbill (n.) The
American scoter.
Yellowbird (n.) The
American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See Goldfinch.
Yellowbird (n.) The common
yellow warbler; -- called also summer yellowbird. See Illust. of Yellow warbler,
under Yellow, a.
Yellow-covered (a.)
Covered or bound in yellow paper.
Yellow-eyed (a.) Having
yellow eyes.
Yellowfin (n.) A large
squeteague.
Yellowfish (n.) A rock
trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the coast of Alaska; -- called also
striped fish, and Atka mackerel.
Yellow-golds (n.) A
certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye.
Yellowhammer (n.) A common
European finch (Emberiza citrinella). The color of the male is bright yellow on
the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the
top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting,
scribbling lark, and writing lark.
Yellowhammer (n.) The
flicker.
Yellowing (n.) The act or
process of making yellow.
Yellowish (a.) Somewhat
yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish color.
Yellowlegs (n.) Any one of
several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the
legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale,
yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2.
Yellowness (n.) The
quality or state of being yellow; as, the yellowness of an orange.
Yellowness (n.) Jealousy.
Yellowroot (n.) Any one of
several plants with yellow roots.
Yellowroot (n.) See
Xanthorhiza.
Yellowroot (n.) Same as
Orangeroot.
Yellows (n.) A disease of
the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice.
Yellows (n.) A disease of
plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color;
jeterus.
Yellows (n.) A group of
butterflies in which the predominating color is yellow. It includes the common
small yellow butterflies. Called also redhorns, and sulphurs. See Sulphur.
Yellowseed (n.) A kind of
pepper grass (Lepidium campestre).
Yellowshanks (n.) Alt. of
Yellowshins
Yellowshins (n.) See
Yellolegs.
Yellowtail (n.) Any one of
several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus Seriola; especially, the
large California species (S. dorsalis) which sometimes weighs thirty or forty
pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; -- called also cavasina, and
white salmon.
Yellowtail (n.) The
mademoiselle, or silver perch.
Yellowtail (n.) The
menhaden.
Yellowtail (n.) The
runner, 12.
Yellowtail (n.) A
California rockfish (Sebastodes flavidus).
Yellowtail (n.) The
sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides).
Yellowthroat (n.) Any one
of several species of American ground warblers of the genus Geothlypis, esp. the
Maryland yellowthroat (G. trichas), which is a very common species.
Yellowtop (n.) A kind of
grass, perhaps a species of Agrostis.
Yellowwood (n.) The wood
of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees
themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American
leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the
Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South
African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian
Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these
Old World trees furnish valuable timber.
Yellowwort (n.) A European
yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora perfoliata). The whole plant is intensely
bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.
Yelped (imp. & p. p.) of
Yelp
Yelping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yelp
Yelp (v. i.) To boast.
Yelp (v. i.) To utter a
sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to
yaup.
Yelp (n.) A sharp, quick
cry; a bark.
Yelper (n.) An animal that
yelps, or makes a yelping noise.
Yelper (n.) The avocet; --
so called from its sharp, shrill cry.
Yelper (n.) The tattler.
Yeman (n.) A yeoman.
Yen (n.) The unit of value
and account in Japan. Since Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, the
value of the yen has been about 50 cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen.
Yend (v. t.) To throw; to
cast.
Yenite (n.) A silicate of
iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals; -- also called ilvaite.
Yeomen (pl. ) of Yeoman
Yeoman (n.) A common man,
or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a
man free born.
Yeoman (n.) A servant; a
retainer.
Yeoman (n.) A yeoman of
the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry.
Yeoman (n.) An interior
officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage,
account, and distribution of the stores.
Yeomanlike (a.)
Resembling, or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanly.
Yeomanly (a.) Pertaining
to a yeoman; becoming or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanlike.
Yeomanry (n.) The position
or rank of a yeoman.
Yeomanry (n.) The
collective body of yeomen, or freeholders.
Yeomanry (n.) The yeomanry
cavalry.
Yeorling (n.) The European
yellow-hammer.
Yer (prep.) Ere; before.
Yerba (n.) An herb; a
plant.
Yerd (n.) See 1st & 2d
Yard.
Yerked (imp. & p. p.) of
Yerk
Yerking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yerk
Yerk (v. t.) To throw or
thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.
Yerk (v. t.) To strike or
lash with a whip.
Yerk (v. i.) To throw out
the heels; to kick; to jerk.
Yerk (v. i.) To move a
quick, jerking motion.
Yerk (n.) A sudden or
quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
Yern (v. i.) See 3d Yearn.
Yern (a.) Eager; brisk;
quick; active.
Yerne (a.) Eagerly;
briskly; quickly.
Yernut (n.) An earthnut,
or groundnut. See Groundnut (d).
Yerst (adv.) See Erst.
Yes (adv.) Ay; yea; -- a
word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no.
Yest (n.) See Yeast.
Yester (a.) Last; last
past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday.
Yesterday (n.) The day
last past; the day next before the present.
Yesterday (n.) Fig.: A
recent time; time not long past.
Yesterday (adv.) On the
day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.
Yestereve (n.) Alt. of
Yester-evening
Yester-evening (n.) The
evening of yesterday; the evening last past.
Yestermorn (n.) Alt. of
Yester-morning
Yester-morning (n.) The
morning of yesterday.
Yestern (a.) Of or
pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.
Yesternight (n.) The last
night; the night last past.
Yesternight (adv.) On the
last night.
Yesternoon (n.) The noon
of yesterday; the noon last past.
Yesterweek (n.) The week
last past; last week.
Yesteryear (n.) The year
last past; last year.
Yestreen (n.)
Yester-evening; yesternight; last night.
Yesty (a.) See Yeasty.
Yet (n.) Any one of
several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or
Cymba; a boat shell.
Yet (adv.) In addition;
further; besides; over and above; still.
Yet (adv.) At the same
time; by continuance from a former state; still.
Yet (adv.) Up to the
present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; -- and with the negative, not yet,
not up to the present time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet.
See As yet, under As, conj.
Yet (conj.) Before some
future time; before the end; eventually; in time.
Yet (conj.) Even; -- used
emphatically.
Yet (conj.) Nevertheless;
notwithstanding; however.
Yeve (v. i.) To give.
Yeven (p. p.) Given.
Yew (v. i.) See Yaw.
Yew (n.) An evergreen tree
(Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike
fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.
Yew (n.) The wood of the
yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is
preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these
purposes coming from Spain.
Yew (n.) A bow for
shooting, made of the yew.
Yew (a.) Of or pertaining
to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.
Yewen (a.) Made of yew;
as, yewen bows.
Yex (v. i.) To hiccough.
Yex (v. i.) A hiccough.
Yezdegerdian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian monarch of Persia, who was
overthrown by the Mohammedans; as, the Yezdegerdian era, which began on the 16th
of June, a. d. 632. The era is still used by the Parsees.
Yezdi (n.) Same as Izedi.
Yezidee (n.) Alt. of
Yezidi
Yezidi (n.) Same as Izedi.
Yfere (adv.) Together. See
Ifere.
Ygdrasyl (n.) See in the
Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Yghe (n.) Eye.
Ygo (p. p.) Gone.
Yground () p. p. of Grind.
Yholde () p. p. of Hold.
Yielded (imp. & p. p.) of
Yield
Yold (obs. p. p.) of Yield
Yielding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yield
Yield (v. t.) To give in
return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is
expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per
cent.
Yield (v. t.) To furnish;
to afford; to render; to give forth.
Yield (v. t.) To give up,
as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or
right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.
Yield (v. t.) To admit to
be true; to concede; to allow.
Yield (v. t.) To permit;
to grant; as, to yield passage.
Yield (v. t.) To give a
reward to; to bless.
Yield (v. i.) To give up
the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
Yield (v. i.) To comply
with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
Yield (v. i.) To give way;
to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily
yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.
Yield (v. i.) To give
place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
Yield (n.) Amount yielded;
product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
Yieldable (a.) Disposed to
yield or comply.
Yieldance (n.) The act of
producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth.
Yieldance (n.) The act of
yielding; concession.
Yielder (n.) One who
yields.
Yielding (a.) Inclined to
give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper.
Yieldless (a.) Without
yielding; unyielding.
Yift (n.) Gift.
Yin (n.) A Chinese weight
of 2/ pounds.
Yis (adv.) Yes.
Yit (conj.) Yet.
Yite (n.) The European
yellow-hammer.
Yive (v. t. & i.) To give.
-yl () A suffix used as a
characteristic termination of chemical radicals; as in ethyl, carbonyl,
hydroxyl, etc.
Yle (n.) Isle.
Y level () See under Y, n.
Yliche (a. & adv.) Alt. of
Ylike
Ylike (a. & adv.) Like;
alike.
Yllanraton (n.) The
agouara.
Ymaked (p. p.) Made.
Ymel (prep.) Among.
Ynambu (n.) A South
American tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens); -- called also perdiz grande, and
rufous tinamou. See Illust. of Tinamou.
Ynough (a.) Alt. of Ynow
Ynow (a.) Enough.
Yockel (n.) The yaffle.
Yode (imp.) Went; walked;
proceeded.
Yodeled (imp. & p. p.) of
Yodle
Yodled () of Yodle
Yodeling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yodle
Yodling () of Yodle
Yodel (v. t. & i.) Alt. of
Yodle
Yodle (v. t. & i.) To sing
in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly
changing from the head voice, or falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary;
to warble.
Yodel (n.) Alt. of Yodle
Yodle (n.) A song sung by
yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.
Yodler (n.) One who
yodels.
Yoga (n.) A species of
asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all
worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal
spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.
Yogi (n.) A follower of
the yoga philosophy; an ascetic.
Yoicks (interj.) A cry of
encouragement to foxhounds.
Yoit (n.) The European
yellow-hammer.
Yojan (n.) A measure of
distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five.
Yoke (n.) A bar or frame
of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
Yoke (n.) A frame or piece
resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
Yoke (n.) A frame of wood
fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side;
as, a milkmaid's yoke.
Yoke (n.) A frame worn on
the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a
fence.
Yoke (n.) A frame or
convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
Yoke (n.) A crosspiece
upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead
forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.
Yoke (n.) A bent
crosspiece connecting two other parts.
Yoke (n.) A tie securing
two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a
temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain.
Yoke (n.) A band shaped to
fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or
the skirt.
Yoke (n.) Fig.: That which
connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
Yoke (n.) A mark of
servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.
Yoke (n.) Two animals
yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
Yoke (n.) The quantity of
land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
Yoke (n.) A portion of the
working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day,
or morning and afternoon.
Yoked (imp. & p. p.) of
Yoke
Yoking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yoke
Yoke (v. t.) To put a yoke
on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.
Yoke (v. t.) To couple; to
join with another.
Yoke (v. t.) To enslave;
to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
Yoke (v. i.) To be joined
or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.
Yokeage (n.) See Rokeage.
Yokefellow (n.) An
associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow; especially, a partner in
marriage.
Yokel (n.) A country
bumpkin.
Yokelet (n.) A small farm;
-- so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen to till it.
Yokemate (n.) Same as
Yokefellow.
Yoke-toed (a.) Having two
toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers.
Yold (p. p.) Yielded.
Yolden (p. p.) Yielded.
Yolk (n.) The yellow part
of an egg; the vitellus.
Yolk (n.) An oily
secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep.
Yoll (v. i.) To yell.
Yon (a.) At a distance,
but within view; yonder.
Yon (adv.) Yonder.
Yoncopin (n.) A local name
in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).
Yond (a.) Furious; mad;
angry; fierce.
Yond (a.) Yonder.
Yonder (adv.) At a
distance, but within view.
Yonder (a.) Being at a
distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon.
Yoni (n.) The symbol under
which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped.
Cf. Lingam.
Yonker (n.) A young
fellow; a younker.
Yore (adv.) In time long
past; in old time; long since.
Yorker (n.) A tice.
Yorkshire (n.) A county in
the north of England.
York use () The one of the three
printed uses of England which was followed in the north. It was based on the
Sarum use. See Use, n., 6.
Yot (v. t.) To unite
closely.
Yote (v. t.) To pour water
on; to soak in, or mix with, water.
You (dat. & obj.) The
pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case,
indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye.
Youl (v. i.) To yell; to
yowl.
Young (superl.) Not long
born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity,
or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a
young fawn.
Young (superl.) Being in
the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.
Young (superl.) Having
little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
Young (n.) The offspring
of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.
Youngger (n.) One who is
younger; an inferior in age; a junior.
Youngish (a.) Somewhat
young.
Youngling (n.) A young
person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life.
Youngling (a.) Young;
youthful.
Youngly (a.) Like a young
person or thing; young; youthful.
Youngly (adv.) In a young
manner; in the period of youth; early in life.
Youngly (adv.) Ignorantly;
weakly.
Youngness (n.) The quality
or state of being young.
Youngster (n.) A young
person; a youngling; a lad.
Youngth (n.) Youth.
Youngthly (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, youth; youthful.
Younker (a.) A young
person; a stripling; a yonker.
Youpon (n.) Same as
Yaupon.
Your (pron. & a.) The form
of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you.
Yours (pron.) See the Note
under Your.
Yourselves (pl. ) of
Yourself
Yourself (pron.) An
emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a
subject commonly with you; as, you yourself shall see it; also, alone in the
predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured
yourself.
Youths (pl. ) of Youth
Youth (pl. ) of Youth
Youth (n.) The quality or
state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility.
Youth (n.) The part of
life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or
age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy,
to manhood.
Youth (n.) A young person;
especially, a young man.
Youth (n.) Young persons,
collectively.
Youthful (a.) Not yet
mature or aged; young.
Youthful (a.) Also used
figuratively.
Youthful (a.) Of or
pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as, youthful days;
youthful sports.
Youthful (a.) Fresh;
vigorous, as in youth.
Youthhood (n.) The quality
or state of being a youth; the period of youth.
Youthly (a.) Young;
youthful.
Youthsome (a.) Youthful.
Youthy (a.) Young.
Youze (n.) The cheetah.
Yow (pron.) You.
Yowe (n.) A ewe.
Yowl (v. i.) To utter a
loud, long, and mournful cry, as a dog; to howl; to yell.
Yowl (n.) A loud,
protracted, and mournful cry, as that of a dog; a howl.
Yowley (n.) The European
yellow-hammer.
Yox (v. i.) See Yex.
Ypight (p. p.) See Pight.
Ypocras (n.) Hippocras.
Ypres lace () Fine bobbin lace
made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace.
Ypsiliform (a.) Resembling
the / in appearance; -- said of the germinal spot in the ripe egg at one of the
stages of fecundation.
Ypsiloid (a.) In the form
of the letter Y; Y-shaped.
Yraft (p. p.) Bereft.
Yren (n.) Iron.
Yronne (p. p.) Run.
Ysame (adv.) Together.
Yt () Alt. of Yt
Yt () an old method of printing
that (AS. /aet, /aet) the "y" taking the place of the old letter "thorn" (/).
Cf. Ye, the.
Ythrowe () p. p. of Throw.
Ytterbic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, ytterbium; containing ytterbium.
Ytterbium (n.) A rare
element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related
elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight
173.2. Cf. Yttrium.
Yttria (n.) The oxide,
Y2O3, or earth, of yttrium.
Yttric (a.) Pertaining to,
derived from, or containing, yttrium.
Yttriferous (a.) Bearing
or containing yttrium or the allied elements; as, gadolinite is one of the
yttriferous minerals.
Yttrious (a.) Same as
Yttric.
Yttrium (n.) A rare
metallic element of the boron-aluminium group, found in gadolinite and other
rare minerals, and extracted as a dark gray powder. Symbol Y. Atomic weight, 89.
Yttro-cerite (n.) A
mineral of a violet-blue color, inclining to gray and white. It is a hydrous
fluoride of cerium, yttrium, and calcium.
Yttro-columbite (n.) Alt.
of Yttro-tantalite
Yttro-tantalite (n.) A
tantalate of uranium, yttrium, and calcium, of a brown or black color.
Yu (n.) Jade.
Yucca (n.) See Flicker,
n., 2.
Yucca (n.) A genus of
American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and
often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large
panicle of showy white blossoms.
Yuck (v. i.) To itch.
Yuck (v. t.) To scratch.
Yuckel (n.) Same as Yockel.
Yuen (n.) The crowned
gibbon (Hylobates pileatus), native of Siam, Southern China, and the Island of
Hainan. It is entirely arboreal in its habits, and has very long arms. the males
are dark brown or blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark hair, and usually
with a white band around the face. The females are yellowish white, with a dark
spot on the breast and another on the crown. Called also wooyen, and wooyen ape.
Yufts (n.) Russia leather.
Yug (n.) Alt. of Yuga
Yuga (n.) Any one of the
four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali, into which the Hindoos
divide the duration or existence of the world.
Yuke (v. i. & t.) Same as
Yuck.
Yulan (n.) A species of
Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves.
See the Note under Magnolia.
Yule (n.) Christmas or
Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.
Yuletide (n.) Christmas
time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas.
Yumas (n. pl.) A tribe of
Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent parts of Mexico and California. They
are agricultural, and cultivate corn, wheat, barley, melons, etc.
Yunx (n.) A genus of birds
comprising the wrynecks.
Yupon (n.) Same as Yaupon.
Yux (n. & v.) See Yex, n.
Yvel (a. & adv.) Evil;
ill.
Ywar (a.) Aware; wary.
Ywis (adv.) Certainly;
most likely; truly; probably.
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