Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Yede

Yede (?), obs.imp. Went. See Yode.All as he bade fulfilled was indeedThis ilke servant anon right out yede. Chaucer.☞ Spenser and some later writers mistook this for a present o...

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Yeel

Yeel (?), n. An eel. Holland.

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Yeldhall

Yeld″hall′ (?), n. Guildhall. Chaucer.

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Yeldrin

{Yel″drin (?) orYel″drine }, n. [Cf. Yellow.] (Zoöl.) The yellow-hammer; — called also yeldrock, and yoldrin.

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Yelk

Yelk (?), n. Same as Yolk.

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Yell

Yell (yĕl), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Yelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Yelling.] [OE. yellen, ”ellen, AS. giellan, gillan, gyllan; akin to D. gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel. gjalla, Sw...

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Yell (2)

Yell (?), v. t. To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone. Shak.

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Yell (3)

Yell, n. A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.Their hideous yellsRend the dark welkin. J. Philips.

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Yellow

Yel″low (?), a. [Compar.Yellower (?); superl.Yellowest.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, ”elow, ”eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. g...

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Yellow (2)

Yel″low, n. 1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green. “A long mo...

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Yellow (3)

Yel″low (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Yellowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Yellowing.] To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.

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Yellow (4)

Yel″low, v. i. To become yellow or yellower.

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Yellow (5)

Yel″low, a. 1. Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak.2. Sensational; — said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, j...

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Yellow Book

Yellow Book. [F. livre jaune.] In France, an official government publication bound in yellow covers.

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Yellow-covered

Yel″low–cov′ered (?), a. Covered or bound in yellow paper.Yellow-covered literature, cheap sensational novels and trashy magazines; — formerly so called from the usual color of ...

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Yellow-eyed

Yel″low–eyed′ (?), a. Having yellow eyes.Yellow-eyed grass(Bot.), any plant of the genus Xyris.

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Yellow-golds

Yel″low–golds′ (?), n.(Bot.) A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye. B. Jonson.

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Yellowammer

Yel″low‐am′mer (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Yellow-hammer.

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Yellowbill

Yel″low‐bill′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The American scoter.

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Yellowbird

Yel″low‐bird′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The American goldfinch, or thistle bird. See Goldfinch. (b) The common yellow warbler; — called also summer yellowbird. See Illust. of Yellow wa...

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Yellowfin

Yel″low‐fin′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A large squeteague.

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Yellowfish

Yel″low‐fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A rock trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the coast of Alaska; — called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel.

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Yellowhammer

Yel″low‐ham′mer (?), n. [For yellow-ammer, where ammer is fr. AS. amore a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer a yellow-hammer, OHG. amero.] (Zoöl.) (a) A common European finch (Ember...

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Yellowing

Yel″low‐ing, n. The act or process of making yellow.Softened... by the yellowing which time has given. G. Eliot.

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Yellowish

Yel″low‐ish, a. Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish color. — Yel″low‐ish‐ness, n.

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Yellowlegs

Yel″low‐legs′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; — called also stone snipe, tattler, ...

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Yellowness

Yel″low‐ness, n. 1. The quality or state of being yellow; as, the yellowness of an orange.2. Jealousy.I will possess him with yellowness. Shak.