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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Yĕl'lōw-thrōat, n.p. 1533(Ornith.) A small North American singing-bird, of the genus Sylvia, a species of warbler.
  2. Yĕl'lōw-tŏp, n.p. 1533(Bot.) A species of herds-grass.
  3. Yĕl'lōw-wood, n.p. 1533(Bot.) (a.) A small tree of the genus Cladrastis, found in America, having yellow wood. Gray. (b.) A species of yew found in South Africa; Podocarpus elongatus. (c.) The Oxleya xanthoxyla, found in…
  4. Yĕl'lōw-wort, n.p. 1533(Bot.) A European plant of the genus Chlora (C. perfoliata), having a corolla of a bright yellow color, sometimes used in medicine. Eng. Cyc. Baird.
  5. Yĕlp, v. i.p. 1533To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly, with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yelp. A little herd of England's timorous deer Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs. Shak. At the…
  6. Yĕnd, v. t.p. 1534To throw; to cast. [Prov. Eng.]
  7. Yĕ'nite, n.p. 1534(Min.) A mineral of a black, or brownish-black, color, and sub-metallic luster, inclining to resinous, occurring massive and in prismatic crystals. It consists of oxide of iron, lime, and silica, and…
  8. Yeō'man, n.p. 1534A common man, or one of the plebeians, of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born. ☞ A yeoman in England is considered as next in order to the gentry. The word is little…
  9. Yeomen of the guardp. 1534a body-guard of the English sovereign, consisting of one hundred men, armed with partisans, and habited in the costume of the sixteenth century.
  10. Yeō'man-ly, a.p. 1534Pertaining to a yeoman; becoming, or suitable to, a yeoman. [Rare.] B. Jonson.
  11. Yeō'man-ry, n.p. 1534The collective body of yeomen or freeholders. The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion. Bancroft.
  12. Yĕr'gas, n.p. 1534A kind of coarse woolen wrapper used for horse-cloths. Simmonds.
  13. Yĕrk, v. t.p. 1534To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk. While their wounded steeds . . . Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters. Shak. 2. To strike or lash…
  14. Yĕrk, v. i.p. 1534To throw out the heels; to kick; to lash; to jerk. They flirt, they yerk, they backward . . . fling. Drayton. 2. To move with a quick, jerking motion.
  15. Yĕrk, n.p. 1534A sudden or quick thrust or motion.
  16. Yĕrn, v. i.p. 1534To yearn. See YEARN.
  17. Yĕrn'ful, a.p. 1534Yearnful. See YEARNFUL. [Obs.]
  18. Yĕr'-nūt, n.p. 1534An earth-nut; a pig-nut. [Written also yar-nut.]
  19. Yĕs, adv.p. 1534Ay; yea;—a word which expresses affirmation or consent; opposed to no. ☞ Yes is used, like yea, to enforce, by repetition or addition, something which precedes; as, you have done all this—yes, you…
  20. Yĕ'sa-wāl, n.p. 1534A state messenger in India. Crabb.
  21. Yĕst, n.p. 1534Yeast; ferment; barm. See YEAST. 2. Froth; spume; foam.
  22. Yĕs'ter, a.p. 1534Of, or pertaining to, yesterday; last; last past; next before the present. Whom yester sun beheld Mustering her charms. Dryden. ☞ This word is now seldom used except in a few compounds; as…
  23. Yĕs'ter-daŷ, n.p. 1534The day last past; the day next before the present. We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. Job viii. 9. All our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak.
  24. Yĕs'ter-daŷ, adv.p. 1534On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.
  25. Yĕs'ter-ēve or Yĕs'ter-ēve'ning, n.p. 1534The evening of yesterday; the evening last past.
  26. Yĕs'ter-môrn or Yĕs'ter-môrn'ing, n.p. 1534The morning of yesterday. Coleridge.
  27. Yēs'tern, a.p. 1534Of, or pertaining to, yesterday; relating to the day last past.
  28. Yĕs'ter-night, n.p. 1534The last night; the night last past.
  29. Yĕs'ter-night, adv.p. 1534On the last night.
  30. Yĕs'ter-nōōn, n.p. 1534The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.
  31. Yĕs'ter-week, n.p. 1534The week last past; last week. [Obs. or rare.]
  32. Yĕs'treen, n.p. 1534Yester-evening. [Rare or Scot.] Late, late, yestreen, I saw the new moon Wi' th' old moon in her arms. Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens.
  33. Yĕst'y, a.p. 1534Yeasty; frothy; foaming. See YEASTY.
  34. Yět, adv.p. 1534In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. “A little longer; yet a little longer.” Dryden. This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our Savior lays such a particular stress on acts…
  35. Yet, conj.p. 1534Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however. Yet I say unto you, that Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. Matt. vi. 29. Syn.—See HOWEVER.
  36. Yēve, v. i.p. 1534To give. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  37. Yēv'en, p. p.p. 1534Given. [Obs.] Spenser.
  38. Yew, n.p. 1534(Bot.) An evergreen tree of the genus Taxus, allied to the pines, valued for its wood or timber. The yew frequently occurs in British church-yards. ☞ The American yew (Taxus baccata, variety…
  39. Yew, v. i.p. 1534To rise, as scum on the brine in boiling at the salt works. See Yaw.
  40. Yew'en, a.p. 1534Made of yew.
  41. Yew'-tree, n.p. 1534The yew. See Yew.
  42. Yēx, n.p. 1534A hiccough. [Obs.]
  43. Yĕx, v. i.p. 1534To hiccough.
  44. Yēz'de-gēr'di-an, a.p. 1534(Chron.) Of, or pertaining to, the era of Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian monarch of Persia, who was overthrown by the Mohammedans. The era is still used by the Parsees. It began on the 16th of June…
  45. Yēz'i-dee, n.p. 1534One of a people bordering on the Euphrates, whose religion is said to be a mixture of the worship of the devil, with some of the doctrines of the Magi, Mohammedans, and Christians.
  46. Y-fēre', adv.p. 1534Together. [Obs.] Spenser.
  47. Yield, v. t.p. 1534To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. “Vines yield nectar.” Milton. The wilderness yieldeth food for them and their cattle. Job xxiv. 5. He makes milch-kine yield blood. Shak. 2. To give…
  48. Yield, v. i.p. 1534To give up the contest; to submit. He saw the fainting Grecians yield. Dryden. 2. To comply with; as, I yielded to his request. 3. To give way; not to oppose; as, men readily yield to the current of…
  49. Yiēld, n.p. 1534Amount yielded; product; — applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. “A goodly yield of fruit doth bring.” Bacon.
  50. Yiēld'a-ble, a.p. 1534Disposed to yield. [Obs. or rare.]
  51. Yiēld'a-ble-ness, n.p. 1534Disposition to yield or comply. [Obs. or rare.] “A yieldableness upon sight of better truths.” Bp. Hall.
  52. Yiēld'ançe, n.p. 1534The act of yielding; concession. [Obs.] South. 2. The act of producing; yield. [Rare.]
  53. Yield'er, n.p. 1534One who yields.
  54. Yield'ing, p. a.p. 1534Inclined to give way or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. Yielding and paying (Law), the initial words of that clause in leases, in which the rent to be paid by the…
  55. Yield'ing-ly, adv.p. 1534In a yielding manner; with compliance.
  56. Yield'ing-ness, n.p. 1534The state or quality of being yielding; disposition to comply.
  57. Yield'less, a.p. 1534Without yielding; inflexible; unyielding. [Obs.]
  58. Yōde, imp. & p. p.p. 1534of yede. [Obs.] See YEDE.
  59. Yō'del or Yō'dle, v. t. or i.p. 1534To sing in a manner common among the Swiss mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head-voice to the chest-voice, and the contrary.
  60. Yō'gā, n.p. 1534A species of asceticism, among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the Hindoo ascetic expects to obtain final emancipation from all further…