Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Yea

Yea (yā or yē; 277), adv. [OE. ye, ya, ”e, ”a, AS. geá; akin to OFries. gē, iē, OS., D., OHG., G., Dan. & Sw. ja, Icel, jā, Goth. ja, jai, and probably to Gr. ἡ̑ truly, verily. ...

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Yea (2)

Yea, n. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.☞ In the Scriptures, yea is used as a sign of certainty or stability. “All the promise...

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Yead

Yead (?), v. i. Properly, a variant of the defective imperfect yode, but sometimes mistaken for a present. See the Note under Yede.Years yead away and faces fair deflower. Drant.

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Yean

Yean (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Yeaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Yeaning.] [AS. eánian, or geeánian; perhaps akin to E. ewe, or perhaps to L. agnus, Gr. �. Cf. Ean.] To bring forth ...

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Yeanling

Yean″ling (?), n. [Yean + -ling. Cf. Eanling.] A lamb or a kid; an eanling. Shak.

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Year

Year (?), n. [OE. yer, yeer, ”er, AS. geár; akin to OFries. i�r, g�r, D. jaar, OHG. jār, G. jahr, Icel. ār, Dan. aar, Sw. år, Goth. j�r, Gr. � a season of the year, springtime, ...

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Year's purchase

Year's purchase (?). The amount that is yielded by the annual income of property; — used in expressing the value of a thing in the number of years required for its income to yie...

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Yeara

Ye‐a″ra (?), n.(Bot.) The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison, a.

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Yearbook

Year″book′ (?), n. 1. 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...

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Yeared

Yeared (?), a. Containing years; having existed or continued many years; aged. B. Jonson.

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Yearling

Year″ling (?), n. [Year + -ling.] An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; — applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.

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Yearling (2)

Year″ling, a. Being a year old. “A yearling bullock to thy name small smoke.” Pope.

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Yearly

Year″ly (?), a. [AS. geárlic.]1. Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.2. Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant.3. Accomplished in ...

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Yearly (2)

Year″ly, adv. [AS. geárlice.] Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed.Yearly will I do this rite. Shak.

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Yearn

Yearn (yẽrn), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Yearned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Yearning.] [Also earn, ern; probably a corruption of OE. ermen to grieve, AS. ierman, yrman, or geierman, geyrman, f...

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Yearn (2)

Yearn, v. i. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. “Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore.” Shak.

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Yearn (3)

Yearn, v. i. & t. [See Yearnings.] To curdle, as milk.

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Yearn (4)

Yearn, v. i. [OE. yernen, ”ernen, ”eornen, AS. geornian, gyrnan, fr. georn desirous, eager; akin to OS. gern desirous, girnean, gernean, to desire, D. gaarne gladly, willingly, ...

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Yearnful

Yearn″ful (?), a. [OE. ”eornful, AS. geornfull.] Desirous. Ormulum. P. Fletcher.

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Yearningly

Yearn″ing‐ly, adv. With yearning.

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Yearnings

Yearn″ings (?), n. pl. [Cf. AS. geirnan, geyrnan, to rum. See 4th Earn.] The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used as a rennet for curdling milk.

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Yearth

Yearth (?), n. The earth. “Is my son dead or hurt or on the yerthe felled?” Ld. Berners.

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Yeast

Yeast (?), n. [OE. ”eest, ”est, AS. gist; akin to D. gest, gist, G. gischt, gäscht, OHG. jesan, jerian, to ferment, G. gischen, gäschen, gähren, Gr. � boiled, ζει̑ν to boil, Skr...

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Yeast-bitten

Yeast″–bit′ten (?), a.(Brewing) A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has reëntered the body of the beer.

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Yeastiness

Yeast″i‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being yeasty, or frothy.

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Yeasty

Yeast″y (?), a. Frothy; foamy; spumy, like yeast.

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Yedding

Yed″ding (?), n. [AS. geddung, gidding, giedding, from gieddian, giddian, to sing, speak.] The song of a minstrel; hence, any song. Chaucer.