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Yap
() To bark; to yelp.
Yap
() A bark; a yelp.
Yapock
() A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum.
Yapon
() Same as Yaupon.
Yarage
() The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship.
Yard
() A rod; a stick; a staff.
Yard
() A branch; a twig.
Yard
() A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
Yard
() A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.
Yard
() The penis.
Yard
() A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.
Yard
() An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
Yard
() An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
Yard
() To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.
Yardarm
() Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard, from the center or mast to the end.
Yardfuls
() of Yardful
Yardful
() As much as a yard will contain; enough to fill a yard.
Yardland
() A measure of land of uncertain quantity, varying from fifteen to forty acres; a virgate.
Yardstick
() A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.
Yardwand
() A yardstick.
Yare
() Ready; dexterous; eager; lively; quick to move.
Yare
() Soon.
Yarely
() In a yare manner.
Yark
() To yerk.
Yarke
() Same as Saki.
Yarn
() Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like.
Yarn
() One of the threads of which the strands of a rope are composed.
Yarn
() A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn.
Yarnen
() Made of yarn; consisting of yarn.
Yarnut
() See Yernut.
Yarr
() To growl or snarl as a dog.
Yarrish
() Having a rough, dry taste.
Yarrow
() An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) 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 milfoil, and nosebleed.
Yarwhip
() The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit.
Yataghan
() A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight.
Yate
() A gate. See 1st Gate.
Yaud
() See Yawd.
Yaul
() See Yawl.
Yaulp
() To yaup.
Yaup
() To cry out like a child; to yelp.
Yaup
() A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain.
Yaup
() The blue titmouse.
Yauper
() One who, or that which, yaups.
Yaupon
() A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea.
Yawed
() of Yaw
Yawing
() of Yaw
Yaw
() To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
Yaw
() To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship.
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.