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Yern
() See 3d Yearn.
Yern
() Eager; brisk; quick; active.
Yerne
() Eagerly; briskly; quickly.
Yernut
() An earthnut, or groundnut. See Groundnut (d).
Yerst
() See Erst.
Yes
() Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no.
Yest
() See Yeast.
Yester
() Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday.
Yesterday
() The day last past; the day next before the present.
Yesterday
() Fig.: A recent time; time not long past.
Yesterday
() On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.
Yestereve
() Alt. of Yester-evening
Yester-evening
() The evening of yesterday; the evening last past.
Yestermorn
() Alt. of Yester-morning
Yester-morning
() The morning of yesterday.
Yestern
() Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.
Yesternight
() The last night; the night last past.
Yesternight
() On the last night.
Yesternoon
() The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.
Yesterweek
() The week last past; last week.
Yesteryear
() The year last past; last year.
Yestreen
() Yester-evening; yesternight; last night.
Yesty
() See Yeasty.
Yet
() Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell.
Yet
() In addition; further; besides; over and above; still.
Yet
() At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still.
Yet
() Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; -- and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet. See As yet, under As, conj.
Yet
() Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time.
Yet
() Even; -- used emphatically.
Yet
() Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.
Yeve
() To give.
Yeven
() Given.
Yew
() See Yaw.
Yew
() An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.
Yew
() The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.
Yew
() A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
Yew
() Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.
Yewen
() Made of yew; as, yewen bows.
Yex
() To hiccough.
Yex
() A hiccough.
Yezdegerdian
() Of or pertaining to Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian monarch of Persia, who was overthrown by the Mohammedans; as, the Yezdegerdian era, which began on the 16th of June, a. d. 632. The era is still used by the Parsees.
Yezdi
() Same as Izedi.
Yezidee
() Alt. of Yezidi
Yezidi
() Same as Izedi.
Yfere
() Together. See Ifere.
Ygdrasyl
() See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Yghe
() Eye.
Ygo
() Gone.
Yground
() p. p. of Grind.
Yholde
() p. p. of Hold.