1  "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."
   2  
   3  Y's (pl. ) of Y
   4  
   5  Ys (pl. ) of Y
   6  
   7  Y (n.) Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y.
   8  
   9  "Y (n.) One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye."
  10  
  11  Y (n.) A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting.
  12  
  13  Y (n.) A portion of track consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track.
  14  
  15  Y (pron.) I.
  16  
  17  Y- () Alt. of I-
  18  
  19  "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."
  20  
  21  Ya (adv.) Yea.
  22  
  23  "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."
  24  
  25  "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."
  26  
  27  "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."
  28  
  29  Yacht (v. i.) To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht.
  30  
  31  Yachter (n.) One engaged in sailing a jacht.
  32  
  33  Yachting (n.) Sailing for pleasure in a yacht.
  34  
  35  Yachtman (n.) See Yachtsman.
  36  
  37  Yachtsmen (pl. ) of Yachtsman
  38  
  39  Yachtsman (n.) One who owns or sails a yacht; a yachter.
  40  
  41  Yaf (imp.) Gave. See Give.
  42  
  43  Yaffingale (n.) The yaffle.
  44  
  45  "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."
  46  
  47  "Yager (n.) In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army."
  48  
  49  Yaguarundi (n.) Same as Jaguarondi.
  50  
  51  Yajur-Veda (n.) See Veda.
  52  
  53  "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."
  54  
  55  "Yakamilk (n.) See Trumpeter, 3 (a)."
  56  
  57  Yakare (n.) Same as Yacare.
  58  
  59  "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."
  60  
  61  "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."
  62  
  63  "Yaksha (n.) A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth."
  64  
  65  Yalah (n.) The oil of the mahwa tree.
  66  
  67  "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."
  68  
  69  "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."
  70  
  71  Yamma (n.) The llama.
  72  
  73  "Yamp (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its small fleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to California."
  74  
  75  Yang (n.) The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
  76  
  77  Yang (v. i.) To make the cry of the wild goose.
  78  
  79  Yank (n.) A jerk or twitch.
  80  
  81  Yanked (imp. & p. p.) of Yank
  82  
  83  Yanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yank
  84  
  85  Yank (v. t.) To twitch; to jerk.
  86  
  87  Yank (n.) An abbreviation of Yankee.
  88  
  89  "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."
  90  
  91  Yankee (a.) Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
  92  
  93  Yankee-Doodle (n.) The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the national airs of the United States.
  94  
  95  "Yankee-Doodle (n.) Humorously, a Yankee."
  96  
  97  "Yankeeism (n.) A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like."
  98  
  99  "Yaourt (n.) A fermented drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks."
 100  
 101  Yap (v. i.) To bark; to yelp.
 102  
 103  Yap (n.) A bark; a yelp.
 104  
 105  "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."
 106  
 107  Yapon (n.) Same as Yaupon.
 108  
 109  "Yarage (a.) The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship."
 110  
 111  Yard (v. i.) A rod; a stick; a staff.
 112  
 113  Yard (v. i.) A branch; a twig.
 114  
 115  "Yard (v. i.) A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc."
 116  
 117  "Yard (v. i.) A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure."
 118  
 119  Yard (v. i.) The penis.
 120  
 121  "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."
 122  
 123  "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."
 124  
 125  "Yard (n.) An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard."
 126  
 127  "Yard (v. t.) To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows."
 128  
 129  "Yardarm (n.) Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard, from the center or mast to the end."
 130  
 131  Yardfuls (pl. ) of Yardful
 132  
 133  Yardful (n.) As much as a yard will contain; enough to fill a yard.
 134  
 135  "Yardland (n.) A measure of land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteen to forty acres; a virgate."
 136  
 137  "Yardstick (n.) A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc."
 138  
 139  Yardwand (n.) A yardstick.
 140  
 141  Yare (n.) Ready; dexterous; eager; lively; quick to move.
 142  
 143  Yare (adv.) Soon.
 144  
 145  Yarely (adv.) In a yare manner.
 146  
 147  Yark (v. t. & i.) To yerk.
 148  
 149  Yarke (n.) Same as Saki.
 150  
 151  "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."
 152  
 153  Yarn (n.) One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.
 154  
 155  "Yarn (n.) A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn."
 156  
 157  Yarnen (a.) Made of yarn; consisting of yarn.
 158  
 159  Yarnut (n.) See Yernut.
 160  
 161  Yarr (v. i.) To growl or snarl as a dog.
 162  
 163  "Yarrish (a.) Having a rough, dry taste."
 164  
 165  "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."
 166  
 167  "Yarwhip (n.) The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit."
 168  
 169  "Yataghan (n.) A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight."
 170  
 171  Yate (n.) A gate. See 1st Gate.
 172  
 173  Yaud (n.) See Yawd.
 174  
 175  Yaul (n.) See Yawl.
 176  
 177  Yaulp (v. i.) To yaup.
 178  
 179  Yaup (v. i.) To cry out like a child; to yelp.
 180  
 181  "Yaup (n.) A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain."
 182  
 183  Yaup (n.) The blue titmouse.
 184  
 185  "Yauper (n.) One who, or that which, yaups."
 186  
 187  "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."
 188  
 189  Yawed (imp. & p. p.) of Yaw
 190  
 191  Yawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yaw
 192  
 193  "Yaw (v. i.) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works."
 194  
 195  "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."
 196  
 197  Yaw (n.) A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
 198  
 199  Yawd (n.) A jade; an old horse or mare.
 200  
 201  "Yawl (n.) A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars."
 202  
 203  Yawl (v. i.) To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
 204  
 205  "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."
 206  
 207  Yawned (imp. & p. p.) of Yawn
 208  
 209  Yawning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yawn
 210  
 211  "Yawn (v. i.) To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate."
 212  
 213  "Yawn (v. i.) To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything."
 214  
 215  "Yawn (v. i.) To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment."
 216  
 217  "Yawn (v. i.) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings."
 218  
 219  "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."
 220  
 221  "Yawn (n.) The act of opening wide, or of gaping."
 222  
 223  "Yawn (n.) A chasm, mouth, or passageway."
 224  
 225  Yawningly (adv.) In a yawning manner.
 226  
 227  Yawp (v. & n.) See Yaup.
 228  
 229  "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."
 230  
 231  "Yaw-weed (n.) A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers."
 232  
 233  Ybe (p. p.) Been.
 234  
 235  "Ycleped (p. p.) Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings."
 236  
 237  Ydo (p. p.) Done.
 238  
 239  Ydrad (p. p.) Dreaded.
 240  
 241  Ye () Alt. of Ye
 242  
 243  "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."
 244  
 245  Yen (pl. ) of Ye
 246  
 247  Ye (n.) An eye.
 248  
 249  Ye (pron.) The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.
 250  
 251  Ye (adv.) Yea; yes.
 252  
 253  "Yea (adv.) Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes."
 254  
 255  "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."
 256  
 257  "Yea (n.) An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays."
 258  
 259  "Yead (v. i.) Properly, a variant of the defective imperfect yode, but sometimes mistaken for a present. See the Note under Yede."
 260  
 261  Yeaned (imp. & p. p.) of Yean
 262  
 263  Yeaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yean
 264  
 265  "Yean (v. t. & i.) To bring forth young, as a goat or a sheep; to ean."
 266  
 267  Yeanling (n.) A lamb or a kid; an eanling.
 268  
 269  "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)."
 270  
 271  "Year (n.) The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn."
 272  
 273  "Year (n.) Age, or old age; as, a man in years."
 274  
 275  "Yeara (n.) The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison, a."
 276  
 277  "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."
 278  
 279  Yearbook (n.) A book containing annual reports of cases adjudged in the courts of England.
 280  
 281  Yeared (a.) Containing years; having existed or continued many years; aged.
 282  
 283  "Yearling (n.) An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses."
 284  
 285  Yearling (a.) Being a year old.
 286  
 287  "Yearly (a.) Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast."
 288  
 289  "Yearly (a.) Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant."
 290  
 291  "Yearly (a.) Accomplished in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth."
 292  
 293  "Yearly (adv.) Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed."
 294  
 295  Yearned (imp. & p. p.) of Yearn
 296  
 297  Yearning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yearn
 298  
 299  Yearn (v. t.) To pain; to grieve; to vex.
 300  
 301  Yearn (v. i.) To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
 302  
 303  "Yearn (v. i. & t.) To curdle, as milk."
 304  
 305  "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."
 306  
 307  Yearnful (a.) Desirous.
 308  
 309  Yearningly (adv.) With yearning.
 310  
 311  "Yearnings (n. pl.) The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used as a rennet for curdling milk."
 312  
 313  Yearth (n.) The earth.
 314  
 315  "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."
 316  
 317  "Yeast (n.) Spume, or foam, of water."
 318  
 319  "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."
 320  
 321  Yeast-bitten (a.) A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has reentered the body of the beer.
 322  
 323  "Yeastiness (n.) The quality or state of being yeasty, or frothy."
 324  
 325  "Yeasty (a.) Frothy; foamy; spumy, like yeast."
 326  
 327  "Yedding (n.) The song of a minstrel; hence, any song."
 328  
 329  Yede (imp.) Went. See Yode.
 330  
 331  Yeel (n.) An eel.
 332  
 333  Yeldhall (n.) Guildhall.
 334  
 335  Yeldrin (n.) Alt. of Yeldrine
 336  
 337  "Yeldrine (n.) The yellow-hammer; -- called also yeldrock, and yoldrin."
 338  
 339  Yelk (n.) Same as Yolk.
 340  
 341  Yelled (imp. & p. p.) of Yell
 342  
 343  Yelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yell
 344  
 345  "Yell (v. i.) To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror."
 346  
 347  Yell (v. t.) To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone.
 348  
 349  "Yell (n.) A sharp, loud, hideous outcry."
 350  
 351  "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."
 352  
 353  "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."
 354  
 355  Yellow (n.) A yellow pigment.
 356  
 357  Yellowed (imp. & p. p.) of Yellow
 358  
 359  Yellowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yellow
 360  
 361  Yellow (v. t.) To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.
 362  
 363  Yellow (v. i.) To become yellow or yellower.
 364  
 365  Yellowammer (n.) See Yellow-hammer.
 366  
 367  Yellowbill (n.) The American scoter.
 368  
 369  "Yellowbird (n.) The American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See Goldfinch."
 370  
 371  "Yellowbird (n.) The common yellow warbler; -- called also summer yellowbird. See Illust. of Yellow warbler, under Yellow, a."
 372  
 373  Yellow-covered (a.) Covered or bound in yellow paper.
 374  
 375  Yellow-eyed (a.) Having yellow eyes.
 376  
 377  Yellowfin (n.) A large squeteague.
 378  
 379  "Yellowfish (n.) A rock trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the coast of Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel."
 380  
 381  "Yellow-golds (n.) A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye."
 382  
 383  "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."
 384  
 385  Yellowhammer (n.) The flicker.
 386  
 387  Yellowing (n.) The act or process of making yellow.
 388  
 389  "Yellowish (a.) Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish color."
 390  
 391  "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."
 392  
 393  "Yellowness (n.) The quality or state of being yellow; as, the yellowness of an orange."
 394  
 395  Yellowness (n.) Jealousy.
 396  
 397  Yellowroot (n.) Any one of several plants with yellow roots.
 398  
 399  Yellowroot (n.) See Xanthorhiza.
 400  
 401  Yellowroot (n.) Same as Orangeroot.
 402  
 403  "Yellows (n.) A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice."
 404  
 405  "Yellows (n.) A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus."
 406  
 407  "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."
 408  
 409  Yellowseed (n.) A kind of pepper grass (Lepidium campestre).
 410  
 411  Yellowshanks (n.) Alt. of Yellowshins
 412  
 413  Yellowshins (n.) See Yellolegs.
 414  
 415  "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."
 416  
 417  "Yellowtail (n.) The mademoiselle, or silver perch."
 418  
 419  Yellowtail (n.) The menhaden.
 420  
 421  "Yellowtail (n.) The runner, 12."
 422  
 423  Yellowtail (n.) A California rockfish (Sebastodes flavidus).
 424  
 425  Yellowtail (n.) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides).
 426  
 427  "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."
 428  
 429  "Yellowtop (n.) A kind of grass, perhaps a species of Agrostis."
 430  
 431  "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."
 432  
 433  "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."
 434  
 435  Yelped (imp. & p. p.) of Yelp
 436  
 437  Yelping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yelp
 438  
 439  Yelp (v. i.) To boast.
 440  
 441  "Yelp (v. i.) To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup."
 442  
 443  "Yelp (n.) A sharp, quick cry; a bark."
 444  
 445  "Yelper (n.) An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise."
 446  
 447  "Yelper (n.) The avocet; -- so called from its sharp, shrill cry."
 448  
 449  Yelper (n.) The tattler.
 450  
 451  Yeman (n.) A yeoman.
 452  
 453  "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."
 454  
 455  Yend (v. t.) To throw; to cast.
 456  
 457  Yenite (n.) A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals; -- also called ilvaite.
 458  
 459  Yeomen (pl. ) of Yeoman
 460  
 461  "Yeoman (n.) A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born."
 462  
 463  Yeoman (n.) A servant; a retainer.
 464  
 465  "Yeoman (n.) A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry."
 466  
 467  "Yeoman (n.) An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores."
 468  
 469  "Yeomanlike (a.) Resembling, or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanly."
 470  
 471  "Yeomanly (a.) Pertaining to a yeoman; becoming or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanlike."
 472  
 473  Yeomanry (n.) The position or rank of a yeoman.
 474  
 475  "Yeomanry (n.) The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders."
 476  
 477  Yeomanry (n.) The yeomanry cavalry.
 478  
 479  Yeorling (n.) The European yellow-hammer.
 480  
 481  Yer (prep.) Ere; before.
 482  
 483  Yerba (n.) An herb; a plant.
 484  
 485  Yerd (n.) See 1st & 2d Yard.
 486  
 487  Yerked (imp. & p. p.) of Yerk
 488  
 489  Yerking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yerk
 490  
 491  "Yerk (v. t.) To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk."
 492  
 493  Yerk (v. t.) To strike or lash with a whip.
 494  
 495  Yerk (v. i.) To throw out the heels; to kick; to jerk.
 496  
 497  "Yerk (v. i.) To move a quick, jerking motion."
 498  
 499  Yerk (n.) A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
 500  
 501  Yern (v. i.) See 3d Yearn.
 502  
 503  Yern (a.) Eager; brisk; quick; active.
 504  
 505  Yerne (a.) Eagerly; briskly; quickly.
 506  
 507  "Yernut (n.) An earthnut, or groundnut. See Groundnut (d)."
 508  
 509  Yerst (adv.) See Erst.
 510  
 511  Yes (adv.) Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no.
 512  
 513  Yest (n.) See Yeast.
 514  
 515  Yester (a.) Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday.
 516  
 517  Yesterday (n.) The day last past; the day next before the present.
 518  
 519  Yesterday (n.) Fig.: A recent time; time not long past.
 520  
 521  "Yesterday (adv.) On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday."
 522  
 523  Yestereve (n.) Alt. of Yester-evening
 524  
 525  Yester-evening (n.) The evening of yesterday; the evening last past.
 526  
 527  Yestermorn (n.) Alt. of Yester-morning
 528  
 529  Yester-morning (n.) The morning of yesterday.
 530  
 531  Yestern (a.) Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.
 532  
 533  Yesternight (n.) The last night; the night last past.
 534  
 535  Yesternight (adv.) On the last night.
 536  
 537  Yesternoon (n.) The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.
 538  
 539  Yesterweek (n.) The week last past; last week.
 540  
 541  Yesteryear (n.) The year last past; last year.
 542  
 543  Yestreen (n.) Yester-evening; yesternight; last night.
 544  
 545  Yesty (a.) See Yeasty.
 546  
 547  "Yet (n.) Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell."
 548  
 549  Yet (adv.) In addition; further; besides; over and above; still.
 550  
 551  Yet (adv.) At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still.
 552  
 553  "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."
 554  
 555  Yet (conj.) Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time.
 556  
 557  Yet (conj.) Even; -- used emphatically.
 558  
 559  Yet (conj.) Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.
 560  
 561  Yeve (v. i.) To give.
 562  
 563  Yeven (p. p.) Given.
 564  
 565  Yew (v. i.) See Yaw.
 566  
 567  "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."
 568  
 569  "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."
 570  
 571  "Yew (n.) A bow for shooting, made of the yew."
 572  
 573  "Yew (a.) Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock."
 574  
 575  "Yewen (a.) Made of yew; as, yewen bows."
 576  
 577  Yex (v. i.) To hiccough.
 578  
 579  Yex (v. i.) A hiccough.
 580  
 581  "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."
 582  
 583  Yezdi (n.) Same as Izedi.
 584  
 585  Yezidee (n.) Alt. of Yezidi
 586  
 587  Yezidi (n.) Same as Izedi.
 588  
 589  Yfere (adv.) Together. See Ifere.
 590  
 591  Ygdrasyl (n.) See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
 592  
 593  Yghe (n.) Eye.
 594  
 595  Ygo (p. p.) Gone.
 596  
 597  Yground () p. p. of Grind.
 598  
 599  Yholde () p. p. of Hold.
 600  
 601  Yielded (imp. & p. p.) of Yield
 602  
 603  Yold (obs. p. p.) of Yield
 604  
 605  Yielding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yield
 606  
 607  "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."
 608  
 609  Yield (v. t.) To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
 610  
 611  "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."
 612  
 613  Yield (v. t.) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
 614  
 615  "Yield (v. t.) To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage."
 616  
 617  Yield (v. t.) To give a reward to; to bless.
 618  
 619  Yield (v. i.) To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
 620  
 621  "Yield (v. i.) To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request."
 622  
 623  "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."
 624  
 625  "Yield (v. i.) To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing."
 626  
 627  Yield (n.) Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
 628  
 629  Yieldable (a.) Disposed to yield or comply.
 630  
 631  "Yieldance (n.) The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth."
 632  
 633  Yieldance (n.) The act of yielding; concession.
 634  
 635  Yielder (n.) One who yields.
 636  
 637  "Yielding (a.) Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper."
 638  
 639  Yieldless (a.) Without yielding; unyielding.
 640  
 641  Yift (n.) Gift.
 642  
 643  Yin (n.) A Chinese weight of 2/ pounds.
 644  
 645  Yis (adv.) Yes.
 646  
 647  Yit (conj.) Yet.
 648  
 649  Yite (n.) The European yellow-hammer.
 650  
 651  Yive (v. t. & i.) To give.
 652  
 653  "-yl () A suffix used as a characteristic termination of chemical radicals; as in ethyl, carbonyl, hydroxyl, etc."
 654  
 655  Yle (n.) Isle.
 656  
 657  "Y level () See under Y, n."
 658  
 659  Yliche (a. & adv.) Alt. of Ylike
 660  
 661  Ylike (a. & adv.) Like; alike.
 662  
 663  Yllanraton (n.) The agouara.
 664  
 665  Ymaked (p. p.) Made.
 666  
 667  Ymel (prep.) Among.
 668  
 669  "Ynambu (n.) A South American tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens); -- called also perdiz grande, and rufous tinamou. See Illust. of Tinamou."
 670  
 671  Ynough (a.) Alt. of Ynow
 672  
 673  Ynow (a.) Enough.
 674  
 675  Yockel (n.) The yaffle.
 676  
 677  Yode (imp.) Went; walked; proceeded.
 678  
 679  Yodeled (imp. & p. p.) of Yodle
 680  
 681  Yodled () of Yodle
 682  
 683  Yodeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yodle
 684  
 685  Yodling () of Yodle
 686  
 687  Yodel (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Yodle
 688  
 689  "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."
 690  
 691  Yodel (n.) Alt. of Yodle
 692  
 693  "Yodle (n.) A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers."
 694  
 695  Yodler (n.) One who yodels.
 696  
 697  "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."
 698  
 699  Yogi (n.) A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic.
 700  
 701  Yoicks (interj.) A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.
 702  
 703  Yoit (n.) The European yellow-hammer.
 704  
 705  "Yojan (n.) A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five."
 706  
 707  Yoke (n.) A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
 708  
 709  "Yoke (n.) A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape."
 710  
 711  "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."
 712  
 713  "Yoke (n.) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence."
 714  
 715  Yoke (n.) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
 716  
 717  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.
 718  
 719  Yoke (n.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
 720  
 721  "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."
 722  
 723  "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."
 724  
 725  Yoke (n.) Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
 726  
 727  "Yoke (n.) A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service."
 728  
 729  Yoke (n.) Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
 730  
 731  Yoke (n.) The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
 732  
 733  "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."
 734  
 735  Yoked (imp. & p. p.) of Yoke
 736  
 737  Yoking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Yoke
 738  
 739  "Yoke (v. t.) To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen."
 740  
 741  Yoke (v. t.) To couple; to join with another.
 742  
 743  Yoke (v. t.) To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
 744  
 745  Yoke (v. i.) To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.
 746  
 747  Yokeage (n.) See Rokeage.
 748  
 749  "Yokefellow (n.) An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow; especially, a partner in marriage."
 750  
 751  Yokel (n.) A country bumpkin.
 752  
 753  Yokelet (n.) A small farm; -- so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen to till it.
 754  
 755  Yokemate (n.) Same as Yokefellow.
 756  
 757  "Yoke-toed (a.) Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers."
 758  
 759  Yold (p. p.) Yielded.
 760  
 761  Yolden (p. p.) Yielded.
 762  
 763  Yolk (n.) The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus.
 764  
 765  Yolk (n.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep.
 766  
 767  Yoll (v. i.) To yell.
 768  
 769  "Yon (a.) At a distance, but within view; yonder."
 770  
 771  Yon (adv.) Yonder.
 772  
 773  Yoncopin (n.) A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).
 774  
 775  Yond (a.) Furious; mad; angry; fierce.
 776  
 777  Yond (a.) Yonder.
 778  
 779  "Yonder (adv.) At a distance, but within view."
 780  
 781  "Yonder (a.) Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon."
 782  
 783  "Yoni (n.) The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. Lingam."
 784  
 785  Yonker (n.) A young fellow; a younker.
 786  
 787  Yore (adv.) In time long past; in old time; long since.
 788  
 789  Yorker (n.) A tice.
 790  
 791  Yorkshire (n.) A county in the north of England.
 792  
 793  "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."
 794  
 795  Yot (v. t.) To unite closely.
 796  
 797  "Yote (v. t.) To pour water on; to soak in, or mix with, water."
 798  
 799  "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."
 800  
 801  Youl (v. i.) To yell; to yowl.
 802  
 803  "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."
 804  
 805  "Young (superl.) Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree."
 806  
 807  Young (superl.) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
 808  
 809  "Young (n.) The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively."
 810  
 811  Youngger (n.) One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior.
 812  
 813  Youngish (a.) Somewhat young.
 814  
 815  "Youngling (n.) A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life."
 816  
 817  Youngling (a.) Young; youthful.
 818  
 819  Youngly (a.) Like a young person or thing; young; youthful.
 820  
 821  Youngly (adv.) In a young manner; in the period of youth; early in life.
 822  
 823  Youngly (adv.) Ignorantly; weakly.
 824  
 825  Youngness (n.) The quality or state of being young.
 826  
 827  Youngster (n.) A young person; a youngling; a lad.
 828  
 829  Youngth (n.) Youth.
 830  
 831  "Youngthly (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, youth; youthful."
 832  
 833  Younker (a.) A young person; a stripling; a yonker.
 834  
 835  Youpon (n.) Same as Yaupon.
 836  
 837  Your (pron. & a.) The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you.
 838  
 839  Yours (pron.) See the Note under Your.
 840  
 841  Yourselves (pl. ) of Yourself
 842  
 843  "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."
 844  
 845  Youths (pl. ) of Youth
 846  
 847  Youth (pl. ) of Youth
 848  
 849  Youth (n.) The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility.
 850  
 851  "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."
 852  
 853  "Youth (n.) A young person; especially, a young man."
 854  
 855  "Youth (n.) Young persons, collectively."
 856  
 857  Youthful (a.) Not yet mature or aged; young.
 858  
 859  Youthful (a.) Also used figuratively.
 860  
 861  "Youthful (a.) Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as, youthful days; youthful sports."
 862  
 863  "Youthful (a.) Fresh; vigorous, as in youth."
 864  
 865  Youthhood (n.) The quality or state of being a youth; the period of youth.
 866  
 867  Youthly (a.) Young; youthful.
 868  
 869  Youthsome (a.) Youthful.
 870  
 871  Youthy (a.) Young.
 872  
 873  Youze (n.) The cheetah.
 874  
 875  Yow (pron.) You.
 876  
 877  Yowe (n.) A ewe.
 878  
 879  "Yowl (v. i.) To utter a loud, long, and mournful cry, as a dog; to howl; to yell."
 880  
 881  "Yowl (n.) A loud, protracted, and mournful cry, as that of a dog; a howl."
 882  
 883  Yowley (n.) The European yellow-hammer.
 884  
 885  Yox (v. i.) See Yex.
 886  
 887  Ypight (p. p.) See Pight.
 888  
 889  Ypocras (n.) Hippocras.
 890  
 891  "Ypres lace () Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace."
 892  
 893  Ypsiliform (a.) Resembling the / in appearance; -- said of the germinal spot in the ripe egg at one of the stages of fecundation.
 894  
 895  Ypsiloid (a.) In the form of the letter Y; Y-shaped.
 896  
 897  Yraft (p. p.) Bereft.
 898  
 899  Yren (n.) Iron.
 900  
 901  Yronne (p. p.) Run.
 902  
 903  Ysame (adv.) Together.
 904  
 905  Yt () Alt. of Yt
 906  
 907  "Yt () an old method of printing that (AS. /aet, /aet) the ""y"" taking the place of the old letter ""thorn"" (/). Cf. Ye, the."
 908  
 909  Ythrowe () p. p. of Throw.
 910  
 911  "Ytterbic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ytterbium; containing ytterbium."
 912  
 913  "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."
 914  
 915  "Yttria (n.) The oxide, Y2O3, or earth, of yttrium."
 916  
 917  "Yttric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, yttrium."
 918  
 919  "Yttriferous (a.) Bearing or containing yttrium or the allied elements; as, gadolinite is one of the yttriferous minerals."
 920  
 921  Yttrious (a.) Same as Yttric.
 922  
 923  "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."
 924  
 925  "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."
 926  
 927  Yttro-columbite (n.) Alt. of Yttro-tantalite
 928  
 929  "Yttro-tantalite (n.) A tantalate of uranium, yttrium, and calcium, of a brown or black color."
 930  
 931  Yu (n.) Jade.
 932  
 933  "Yucca (n.) See Flicker, n., 2."
 934  
 935  "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."
 936  
 937  Yuck (v. i.) To itch.
 938  
 939  Yuck (v. t.) To scratch.
 940  
 941  Yuckel (n.) Same as Yockel.
 942  
 943  "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."
 944  
 945  Yufts (n.) Russia leather.
 946  
 947  Yug (n.) Alt. of Yuga
 948  
 949  "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."
 950  
 951  Yuke (v. i. & t.) Same as Yuck.
 952  
 953  Yulan (n.) A species of Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia.
 954  
 955  Yule (n.) Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.
 956  
 957  Yuletide (n.) Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas.
 958  
 959  "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."
 960  
 961  Yunx (n.) A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.
 962  
 963  Yupon (n.) Same as Yaupon.
 964  
 965  "Yux (n. & v.) See Yex, n."
 966  
 967  Yvel (a. & adv.) Evil; ill.
 968  
 969  Ywar (a.) Aware; wary.
 970  
 971  Ywis (adv.) Certainly; most likely; truly; probably.
 972