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Yacht
To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht.
Yachter
One engaged in sailing a jacht.
Yachtsman
One who owns or sails a yacht; a yachter.
Yaf
Gave. See .
Yajur-Veda
See .
Yakamilk
See , 3 .
Yaksha
A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth.
Yalah
The oil of the mahwa tree.
Yamen
In China, the official headquarters or residence of a mandarin, including court rooms, offices, gardens, prisons, etc.; the place where the business of any public department is transcated.
Yapon
Same as .
Yarage
The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship.
Yard
To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; .
Yarrow
An American and European composite plant () with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also , and .
Yarwhip
The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also , and . See .
Yaulp
To yaup.
yawl
A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
Yaws
A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as , , , and .
Yaw-weed
A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant () growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers.
Yazoo Fraud
The grant by the State of Georgia, by Act of Jan. 7, 1795, of 35,000,000 acres of her western territory, for $500,000, to four companies known as the from the region granted ; -- commonly so called, the act being known as the , because of alleged corruption of the legislature, every member but one being a shareholder in one or more of the companies. The act granting the land was repealed in 1796 by a new legislature, and the repealing provision was incorporated in the State constitution in 1798. In 1802 the territory was ceded to the United States. The claims of the purchasers, whom Georgia had refused to compensate, were sustained by the United States Supreme Court, which (1810) declared the repealing act of 1796 unconstitutional. Congress in 1814 ordered the lands sold and appropriated $5,000,000 to pay the claims.
Ye
The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.
Yea
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; .
Yearling
An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.
Yearling
Being a year old.
Yearn
To curdle, as milk.
Yeast-bitten
A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has rentered the body of the beer.
Yelk
Same as .
Yell
To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone.
Yellow-covered
Covered or bound in yellow paper.
Yellowfin
A large squeteague.
Yellowhammer
A common European finch (). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also , , and .
Yellowseed
A kind of pepper grass ().
Yeman
A yeoman.
Yeomanlike
Resembling, or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanly.
Yerd
See 1st 2d .
Yerk
To throw out the heels; to kick; to jerk.
Yern
Eager; brisk; quick; active.
Yesternight
The last night; the night last past.
Yesteryear
The year last past; last year.
Yex
A hiccough.
Yground
of .
Yholde
of .
Yield
To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
Yield
Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
Yieldless
Without yielding; unyielding.
Yift
Gift.
Yin
A Chinese weight of 2 pounds.
Yis
Yes.
Yit
Yet.
Yite
The European yellow-hammer.
Yle
Isle.
Ymaked
Made.
Yoga
A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.
Yojan
A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five.
Yokefellow
An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow; especially, a partner in marriage.
Yokel
A country bumpkin.
Yokemate
Same as .
Yoke-toed
Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers.
Yoll
To yell.
Yoncopin
A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus ().
Yonder
At a distance, but within view.
Yoni
The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. .
Yours
See the Note under .
Yourself
An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with ; ; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; .
Youthhood
The quality or state of being a youth; the period of youth.
Youthy
Young.
Yow
You.
Yronne
Run.
Ytterbium
A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. .
Yttrious
Same as .
Yuck
To scratch.
Yuckel
Same as .
Yuke
Same as .
Yulan
A species of Magnolia () with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under .
Yumas
A tribe of Indians native of Arizona and the adjacent parts of Mexico and California. They are agricultural, and cultivate corn, wheat, barley, melons, etc.
Ywis
Certainly; most likely; truly; probably.