Webster's Dictionary 1828

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Y

Y, the twenty fifth letter of the English Alphabet, is taken from the Greed. At the beginning of words, it is called an articulation or consonant, and with some propriety perhap...

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YACHT

YACHT, noun yot. [G., It is properly a boat drawn by horses.] A vessel of state used to convey princes, embassadors and other great personages from one place to another. The roy...

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YAGER

YAGER, noun Yawger. [G., to chase.] A horseman.

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YAHOO

YAHOO, noun A word used by Chesterfield, I suppose for a savage, or a person resembling a savage.

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YAK

YAK, noun A species of ox, with cylindric horns curving outwards, long pendent hair, and villous horselike tail; the grunting ox of Pennant. This ox is found in Thibet.

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YAM

YAM, noun A large esculent root growing in tropical climates.

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YAMBOO

YAMBOO, noun A kind of plant producing fruit like a plum.

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YANKEE

YANKEE, noun A corrupt pronunciation of the word English by the native Indians of America.

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YANOLITE

YANOLITE, noun A mineral, called also axinite or thumerstone, whose crystals resemble an ax.

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YAP

YAP, to bark, is not a legitimate word.

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YAPON

YAPON, noun The cassine or South Sea tea. The Ileex cassine or youpon, is a shrub growing in the S. States, used as a tea and a medicine.

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YARD

YARD, noun1. A measure of three feet or thirty six inches. It is just seven niths of the Paris ell.2. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of or around a house...

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YARD-ARM

YARD-ARM, noun [yard and arm.] Either half of a ships yard, from the center or mast to the end.

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YARD-STICK

YARD-STICK, noun [yard and stick.] A stick three feet in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.

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YARD-WAND

YARD-WAND, noun [yard and wand.] A measure of a yard; now yard-stick.

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YARE

YARE, adjective [See Eager.] Ready; dextrous; eager.

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YARELY

YARELY, adverb Readily; dextrously; skillfully.

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YARN

YARN, noun1. Spun wool; woolen thread; but it is applied also to other species of thread, as to cotton and linen.2. In rope-making, one of the threads of which a rope is compose...

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YARR

YARR, verb intransitive To growl or snarl, as a dog. [Not in use.]

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YARRISH

YARRISH, adjective Having a rough dry taste. [Local.]

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YARROW

YARROW, noun A plant of the genus Achillea; the milfoil, or plant of a thousand leaves.

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YATE

YATE, in the north of England, is used for gate.

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YAW

YAW, noun The African name of a raspberry.YAW, verb intransitive1. To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the sugar works. [See Yew.]2. In navigation, to...

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YAWL

YAWL, noun A small ships boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.YAWL, verb intransitive To cry out. [See Yell.]

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YAWN

YAWN, verb intransitive [G., Gr.]1. To gape; to oscitate; to have the mouth open involuntarily through drowsiness or dullness.The lazy, yawning drone.And while above he spends h...

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YAWNING

YAWNING, participle present tense1. Gaping; opening wide.2.adjective Sleepy; drowsy; dull.YAWNING, noun The act of gaping or opening wide.

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YAWS

YAWS, noun A severe cutaneous disease, which is indigenous in Africa, and from Africa it has been introduced into the West Indies. It is said to be so named form yaw, a raspberr...