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.
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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.
A sharp, quick cry; a bark.
An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise. The avocet; -- so called from its sharp, shrill cry. The tattler.
The Florida and West Indian red snapper (Lutianus aya); also, sometimes, one of certain other allied species, as Lutianus caxis.
A yeoman.
Of or pertaining to Yemen; as, Yemeni mountains.
The unit of value and account in Japan. The yen is equal to 100 sen. From Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, to about 1913 the value of the yen was about 50 cents. In 1997 and 1998 the value of the yen varied from 80 per U. S. dollar to 120 per dollar.
To throw; to cast.
A Russian river, flowing North into the Arctic Ocean.
A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals; -- also called ilvaite.
Resembling, or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanly.
Pertaining to a yeoman; becoming or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanlike.
The position or rank of a yeoman.
The European yellow-hammer.
Ere; before.
An herb; a plant.
See 1st 2d Yard.
A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
Eager; brisk; quick; active.
Eagerly; briskly; quickly.
An earthnut, or groundnut. See Groundnut (d).
See Erst.
Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no.
See Yeast.
Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday.
The evening of yesterday; the evening last past.
The morning of yesterday.
On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.
Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.
On the last night.
The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.
The week last past; last week.
The year last past; last year.
Yester-evening; yesternight; last night.
See Yeasty.
Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.
To give.
Given.
Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.
Made of yew; as, yewen bows.
A hiccough.
Of or pertaining to Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian monarch of Persia, who was overthrown by the Muslims; as, the Yezdegerdian era, which began on the 16th of June, a. d. 632. The era is still used by the Parsees.
Same as Izedi.
Same as Izedi.
Together. See Ifere.
See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Eye.
Gone.
p. p. of Grind.
p. p. of Hold.
A Jew; -- now (1998) usually considered offensive or contemptuous.
A language used by German and other Jews, being a Middle German dialect developed under Hebrew and Slavic influence. It is written in Hebrew characters.
A Yid.
Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
Disposed to yield or comply.
The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth.
One who yields.
Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper.
Without yielding; unyielding.
Gift.
one of the two fundamental principles. See yin and yang.
the two fundamental principles, one negative, dark, passive, cold, wet, and feminine (yin) and the other (yang) positive, bright, active, dry, hot and masculine. The interactions and balance of these forces in people and nature influence their behavior and fate.
Yes.
Yet.
The European yellow-hammer.
To give.
See Ihlang-ihlang.
Isle.
Like; alike.
The agouara.
Made.
Among.
A South American tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens); -- called also perdiz grande, and rufous tinamou. See Illust. of Tinamou.
Enough.
The yaffle.
Went; walked; proceeded.
A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.
One who yodels.
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.
An obsolete letter (/) of the Old English alphabet, having a pronunciation similar to the modern /y/.
custardlike food made from curdled milk.
A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic.
Yoga, or its practice.
A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.
The European yellow-hammer.
A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five.
To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.
Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers.
See Rokeage.
An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow; especially, a partner in marriage.
A country bumpkin.
A small farm; -- so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen to till it.
Same as Yokefellow.
Yielded.
Yielded.
To yell.
Day; -- a Hebrew word used in the names of various Jewish feast days; as, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement; Yom Teruah (lit., day of shouting), the Feast of Trumpets.
Yonder.
A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).
Yonder.
Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon.
The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. Lingam.
A young fellow; a younker.
In time long past; in old time; long since.
A tice.
A county in the north of England.
To unite closely.
To pour water on; to soak in, or mix with, water.
The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye.
To yell; to yowl.
The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.
being the sex that produces ova and carries the fetus to a point where it can live outside the parent; -- of animals.
Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation, usually male. In contradistinction to female or androgynous.
One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior.
Somewhat young.
Young; youthful.
In a young manner; in the period of youth; early in life.
The quality or state of being young.
A young person; a youngling; a lad.
Youth.
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