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Yachtman
See .
Yaguarundi
Same as .
Yahoo
One of a race of filthy brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels. See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Yak
A bovine mammal () native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also , , , , , and .
Yakin
A large Asiatic antelope () native of the higher parts of the Himalayas and other lofty mountains. Its head and neck resemble those of the ox, and its tail is like that of the goat. Called also .
Yalah
The oil of the mahwa tree.
Yamma
The llama.
Yang
The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
Yang
To make the cry of the wild goose.
Yank
To twitch; to jerk.
Yaourt
A fermented drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks.
Yap
To bark; to yelp.
Yardarm
Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard{6}, from the center or mast to the end.
Yardstick
A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.
Yarwhip
The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also , and . See .
Yataghan
A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight.
Yautia
In Puerto Rico, any of several araceous plants or their starchy edible roots, which are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes, as the taro.
Yaw
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
Yaw
A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
yawd
A jade; an old horse or mare.
Yawl
To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
Yawp
See .
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 The act granting the land was repealed in 1796 by a new legislature, and the repealing provision was incorporated in the State constitution in 1798.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.
Ydrad
Dreaded.
Yearth
The earth.
Yeasty
Frothy; foamy; spumy, like yeast.
Yede
Went. See .
Yelk
Same as .
Yell
A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.
Yellow
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.
Yellow
To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.
Yellowbill
The American scoter.
Yellowfish
A rock trout () found on the coast of Alaska; -- called also , and .
Yellow-golds
A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye.
Yellow pages
a telephone book or part of a book in which the telephone numbers and often advertisements of business enterprises are listed in numerous sections, organized by the category of the business, the categories themselves being arranged alphabetically; a classified telephone directory. So called because for many years the listing thus organized was printed on yellow paper, to distinguish it from the white pages containing the names of individuals, listed alphabetically by last name. The yellow pages are usually bound together with the white pages in the telephone book distributed by the telephone company to its subscribers. The name was adopted by companies not affiliated with the telephone company, for the classified business directories that they sell.
Yellows
A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice.
Yelper
An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise.
Yerne
Eagerly; briskly; quickly.
Yernut
An earthnut, or groundnut. See .
Yestern
Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.
Yesternoon
The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.
Yeven
Given.
Yewen
Made of yew; .
Yfere
Together. See .
Yholde
of .
Yid
A Jew; -- now (1998) usually considered offensive or contemptuous.
Yield
Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation.
Yieldless
Without yielding; unyielding.
Yin
one of the two fundamental principles. See .
Yite
The European yellow-hammer.
Y level
See under ,
Yllanraton
The agouara.
Ymaked
Made.
Yodler
One who yodels.
Yoicks
A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.
Yold
Yielded.
Yoncopin
A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus ().
Yoni
The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. .
Yorkshire
A county in the north of England.
Young
The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.
Youngness
The quality or state of being young.
Youngster
A young person; a youngling; a lad.
Younker
A young person; a stripling; a yonker.
Youpon
Same as .
Your
The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun .
Youze
The cheetah.
Ypsiloid
In the form of the letter ; shaped.
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. .
Yttriferous
Bearing or containing yttrium or the allied elements; .
Yttrious
Same as .
Yttrium
A rare metallic element of the boron-aluminium group, found in gadolinite and other rare minerals, and extracted as a dark gray powder. Symbol . Atomic number 39. Atomic weight, 88.9.
Yu
Jade.
Yufts
Russia leather.
Yuke
Same as .
Yulan
A species of Magnolia () with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under .
Yule
Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.
Yux
See ,
Ywis
Certainly; most likely; truly; probably.