Webster's Dictionary 1828

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YCLAD

YCLAD, participle passive Clad. [This word and the following retain the y, which is the remains of the Saxon ge, prefixed to verbs. But it is obsolete, except in poetry, and per...

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YCLEPED

YCLEPED, participle passive [See Yclad.] Called; named; it is obsolete, except in burlesque.

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YDRAD

YDRAD, participle passive Dreaded.

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YE

YE, pronoun The nominative plural of the second person, of which thou is the singular. But the two words have no radical connection. ye is now used only in the sacred and solemn...

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YEA

YEA, adverb Ya.1. Yes; a word that expresses affirmation or assent. Will you go? yea It sometimes introduces a subject, with the sense of indeed, verily, truly, it is so.YEA, ha...

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YEAD

YEAD, GEAD, verb intransitive To go.

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YEAN

YEAN, verb intransitive To bring forth young, as a goat or sheep; to lamb. [Obsolete or local.]

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YEANED

YEANED, participle passive Brought forth.

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YEANLING

YEANLING, noun The young of sheep; a lamb. [Obsolete or local.]

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YEAR

YEAR, noun [G.]1. The space or period of time in which the sun moves through the twelve signs of the ecliptic, or whole circle, and returns to the same point. This is the solar ...

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YEAR-BOOK

YEAR-BOOK, noun [year and book.] A book containing annual reports of cases adjudged in the courts of England.

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YEARED

YEARED, adjective Containing years. [Not in use.]

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YEARLING

YEARLING, noun A young beast one year old, or in the second year of his age.YEARLING, adjective Being a year old; as a yearling heifer.

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YEARLY

YEARLY, adjective1. Annual; happening; accruing or coming every year; as a yearly rent or income.2. Lasting a year; as a yearly plant.3. Comprehending a year; as the yearly circ...

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YEARN

YEARN, YERN, verb intransitive [G. The sense is to strain, or stretch forward. We have earnest from the same root.]1. To be strained; to be pained or distressed; to suffer.Falst...

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YEARNFUL

YEARNFUL, YERNFUL, adjective Mournful; distressing.

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YEARNING

YEARNING, YERNING, participle passive Longing; having longing desire.

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YEAST

YEAST, noun1. Barm; the foam, froth or flower of beer or other liquor in fermentation; used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy.2. Spume or foam ...

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YEASTY

YEASTY, adjective Frothy; foamy; spumy; like yeast.

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YELK

YELK, noun [See Gold and Yellow.] The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus. It is sometimes written and pronounced yolk, but yelk is the proper word. Yolk is a corruption.

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YELL

YELL, verb intransitive [It agrees in elements with call.] To cry out with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. Savages yell most frightfully when they are...

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YELLING

YELLING, participle passive Uttering hideous outcries; shrieking; as yelling monsters.YELLING, noun The act of screaming hideously.

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YELLOW

YELLOW, adjective [G. See Gold.] Being of a bright color; the color of gold.YELLOW, noun A bright color, reflecting the most light of any, after white. It is one of the simple o...

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YELLOW-BLOSSOMED

YELLOW-BLOSSOMED, adjective Furnished or adorned with yellow flowers.

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YELLOW-BOY

YELLOW-BOY, noun A gold coin. [Vulgar.]

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YELLOW-EARTH

YELLOW-EARTH, noun A soft yellow mineral found at Webraw, in Upper Lusatia. United with clay and argillaceous ironstone.

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YELLOW-FEVER

YELLOW-FEVER, noun A malignant disease of warm climates, which often suffuses the skin with a yellowish color.