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Yellowwort (?), n. (Bot.) A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora perfoliata). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.
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Yelp (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yelped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yelping.] [OE. yelpen, ȝelpen, to boast, boast noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan; akin to OHG. gelph arrogant: cf. Icel. gjālpa to yelp. Cf. .]
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1. To boast. [Obs.]
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I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe. Chaucer.
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2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.
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A little herd of England's timorous deer,
Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs? Shak.
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At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation. W. Irving.
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Yelp, n. A sharp, quick cry; a bark. Chaucer.
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Yelper (?), n. An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise. Specifically: (Zoöl.) (a) The avocet; -- so called from its sharp, shrill cry. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The tattler. [Local, U. S.]
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Yelting (?), n. [Orig. uncert.] The Florida and West Indian red snapper (Lutianus aya); also, sometimes, one of certain other allied species, as Lutianus caxis.
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Yeman (?), n. A yeoman. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Yen (?), n. The unit of value and account in Japan. The yen is equal to 100 sen. From Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, to about the value of the yen was about 50 cents. In 1997 and 1998 the value of the yen varied from 80 per U. S. dollar to 120 per dollar.
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Yend (?), v. t. To throw; to cast. [Prov. Eng.]
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Yenite (?), n. [After Jena, in Germany.] (Min.) A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals; -- also called ilvaite. [Spelt also jenite.]
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Yeoman (?), n.; pl. Yeomen (#). [OE. yoman, ȝeman, ȝoman; of uncertain origin; perhaps the first, syllable is akin to OFries. gā district, region, G. gau, OHG. gewi, gouwi, Goth. gawi. √100.]
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1. A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born.
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☞ A yeoman in England is considered as next in order to the gentry. The word is little used in the United States, unless as a title in law proceedings and instruments, designating occupation, and this only in particular States.
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2. A servant; a retainer. [Obs.]
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A yeman hadde he and servants no mo. Chaucer.
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3. A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry. [Eng.]
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4. (Naut.) An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores.
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Coloq. Yeoman of the guard , one of the bodyguard of the English sovereign, consisting of the hundred yeomen, armed with partisans, and habited in the costume of the sixteenth century. They are members of the royal household.
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Yeomanlike (?), a. Resembling, or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanly.
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Yeomanly, a. Pertaining to a yeoman; becoming or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanlike. B. Jonson.
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Well could he dress his tackle yeomanly. Chaucer.
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Yeomanry (?), n. 1. The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] “His estate of yeomanry.” Chaucer.
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2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders.
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The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion. Bancroft.
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3. A British volunteer cavalry force, growing out of a royal regiment of fox hunters raised by Yorkshire gentlemen in 1745 to fight the Pretender, Charles Edward; -- calle dalso yeomanry cavalry. The members furnish their own horses, have fourteen days' annual camp training, and receive pay and allowance when on duty. In 1901 the name was altered to imperial yeomanry in recognition of the services of the force in the Boer war. See , above.
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Coloq. Yeomanry cavalry , certain bodies of volunteer cavalry liable to service in Great Britain only. [Eng.]
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Yeorling (?), n. [Cf. .] (Zoöl.) The European yellow-hammer.
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Yer (?), prep. Ere; before. [Obs.] Sylvester.
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Yerba (?), n. [Sp.] (Bot.) An herb; a plant.
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☞ This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena [Sp., a good herb], a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (Mentha sativa, viridis, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii).
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Coloq. Yerba dol osa . [Sp., herb of the she-bear.] A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica). -- Coloq. Yerba mansa . [Sp., a mild herb, soft herb.] A plant (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians. -- Coloq. Yerba reuma . [Cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism.] A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia).
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Yerd (?), n. See 1st & 2d . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Yerk (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yerked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yerking.] [See .]
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1. To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.
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Their wounded steeds . . .
Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters. Shak.
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2. To strike or lash with a whip. [Obs. or Scot.]
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Yerk, v. i. 1. To throw out the heels; to kick; to jerk.
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They flirt, they yerk, they backward . . . fling. Drayton.
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2. To move a quick, jerking motion.
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Yerk, n. A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
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Yern (?), v. i. See 3d . [Obs.]
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Yern, a. [OE. ȝern, ȝeorne, AS. georn desirous, eager. See to long.] Eager; brisk; quick; active. [Obs.] “Her song . . . loud and yern.” Chaucer.
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Yerne (?), adv. [OE. ȝeorne. See , a.] Eagerly; briskly; quickly. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
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My hands and my tongue go so yerne. Chaucer.
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Yernut (?), n. [Cf. Dan. jordnöd, Sw. jordnöt, earthnut. Cf. .] An earthnut, or groundnut. See (d). [Written also yarnut.]
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Yerst (?), adv. See . [Obs.] Sylvester.
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Yes (?), adv. [OE. yis, ȝis, ȝes, ȝise, AS. gese, gise; probably fr. geá yea + swā so. √188. See , and .] Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no.
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☞ Yes is used, like yea, to enforce, by repetition or addition, something which precedes; as, you have done all this -- yes, you have done more. “Yes, you despise the man books confined.” Pope.
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☞ “The fine distinction between ‘yea' and ‘yes,' ‘nay' and ‘no,' that once existed in English, has quite disappeared. ‘Yea' and ‘nay' in Wyclif's time, and a good deal later, were the answers to questions framed in the affirmative. ‘Will he come?' To this it would have been replied, ‘Yea' or ‘Nay', as the case might be. But, ‘Will he not come?' To this the answer would have been ‘Yes' or ‘No.' Sir Thomas More finds fault with Tyndale, that in his translation of the Bible he had not observed this distinction, which was evidently therefore going out even then, that is, in the reign of Henry VIII.; and shortly after it was quite forgotten.” Trench.
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Yest (?), n. See . Shak.
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Yester (?), a. [See .] Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday.
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[An enemy] whom yester sun beheld
Mustering her charms. Dryden.
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☞ This word is now seldom used except in a few compounds; as, yesterday, yesternight, etc.
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Yesterday (?), n. [OE. ȝisterdai, AS. geostran dæg, from geostran, geostra, giestran, gistran, gystran, yesterday (akin to D. gisteren, G. gestern, OHG. gestaron, Icel. gær yesterday, to-morrow, Goth. gistradagis to-morrow, L. heri yesterday, Gr. �, Skr. hyas) + dæg day. Cf. . ����.]
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1. The day last past; the day next before the present.
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All our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Shak.
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We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. Job viii. 9.
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2. Fig.: A recent time; time not long past.
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The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of supreme pontiffs. Macaulay.
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Yesterday, adv. On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.
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{ Yestereve (?), Yester-evening (?), } n. The evening of yesterday; the evening last past.
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{ Yestermorn (?), Yester-morning, } n. The morning of yesterday. Coleridge.
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Yestern (?), a. [See .] Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.
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Yesternight (?), n. The last night; the night last past.
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Yesternight, adv. [AS. gystran niht. See .] On the last night. B. Jonson.
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Yesternoon (?), n. The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.
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Yesterweek (?), n. The week last past; last week.
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Yesteryear (?), n. The year last past; last year.
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Yestreen (?), n. Yester-evening; yesternight; last night. [R. or Scot.]
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Yestreen I did not know
How largely I could live. Bp. Coxe.
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Yesty (?), a. See . Shak.
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Yet (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell.
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Yet, adv. [OE. yet, ȝet, ȝit, AS. git, gyt, giet, gieta; akin to OFries. ieta, eta, ita, MHG. iezuo, ieze, now, G. jetzo, jetzt.]
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1. In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. “A little longer; yet a little longer.” Dryden.
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This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our savior, lays such a particular stress acts of mercy. Atterbury.
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The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of piety and justice. L'Estrange.
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2. At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still.
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Facts they had heard while they were yet heathens. Addison.
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3. 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 , conj.
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Ne never yet no villainy ne said. Chaucer.
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4. Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time. “He 'll be hanged yet.” Shak.
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5. Even; -- used emphatically.
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Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them. Bacon.
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Yet (?), conj. Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.
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Yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Matt. vi. 29.
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Syn. -- See .
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Yeve (?), v. i. To give. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Yeven (?), p. p. Given. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Yew (ū), v. i. See .
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Yew, n. [OE. ew, AS. eów, īw, eoh; akin to D. ijf, OHG. īwa, īha, G. eibe, Icel. ȳr; cf. Ir. iubhar, Gael. iubhar, iughar, W. yw, ywen, Lith. jëva the black alder tree.]
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1. (Bot.) 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.
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2. 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.
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☞ The American yew (Taxus baccata, var. Canadensis) is a low and straggling or prostrate bush, never forming an erect trunk. The California yew (Taxus brevifolia) is a good-sized tree, and its wood is used for bows, spear handles, paddles, and other similar implements. Another yew is found in Florida, and there are species in Japan and the Himalayas.
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3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
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Yew (ū), a. Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.
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Yewen (?), a. Made of yew; as, yewen bows.
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Yex (?), v. i. [OE. ȝexen, yesken, AS. giscian to sob.] To hiccough. [Written also yox, yux.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose. Chaucer.
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Yex, n. [AS. geocsa a sobbing, hiccough. Cf. , v. i.] A hiccough. [Written also yox, and yux.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] “The excessive yex.” Holland.
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Yezdegerdian (?; 277), a. 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.
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Yezdi (yĕzdē), n. Same as . Tylor.
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{ Yezidee (?), Yezidi (?) }, n. Same as
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Yfere (?), adv. Together. See . [Obs.]
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As friends do when they be met yfere. Chaucer.
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Ygdrasyl (?), n. (Scand. Myth.) See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
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Yghe (?), n. Eye. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Ygo (?), obs. p. p. of . Gone. Chaucer.
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Yground (?), obs. p. p. of . Chaucer.
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Yholde (?), obs. p. p. of . Chaucer.
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Yid (?), n. [See .] A Jew; -- now (1998) usually considered offensive or contemptuous. [Slang or Colloq.] “Almost any young Yid who goes out from among her people.” John Corbin.
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Yiddish (?), n. [G. jüdisch, prop., Jewish, fr. Jude Jew. See , .] A language used by German and other Jews, being a Middle German dialect developed under Hebrew and Slavic influence. It is written in Hebrew characters.
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Yiddisher (?), n. [See .] A Yid. [Slang]
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Yield (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yielded; obs. p. p. Yold (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yielding.] [OE. yelden, ȝelden, ȝilden, AS. gieldan, gildan, to pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be worth, gälda to pay, Goth. gildan in fragildan, usgildan. Cf. 1st , .]
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1. To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent.
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To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent. Chaucer.
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When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength. Gen. iv. 12.
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2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. “Vines yield nectar.” Milton.
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[He] makes milch kine yield blood. Shak.
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The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. Job xxiv. 5.
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3. To give up, as something that is claimed or demanded; to make over to one who has a claim or right; to resign; to surrender; to relinquish; as a city, an opinion, etc.
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And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown. Shak.
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Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame. Milton.
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4. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
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I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. Milton.
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5. To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.
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6. To give a reward to; to bless. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more,
And the gods yield you for 't. Shak.
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God yield thee, and God thank ye. Beau. & Fl.
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Coloq. To yield the breath , Coloq. To yield the breath up , Coloq. To yield the ghost , Coloq. To yield the ghost up , Coloq. To yield up the ghost , or Coloq. To yield the life , to die; to expire; -- similar to To give up the ghost.
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One calmly yields his willing breath. Keble.
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Yield, v. i. 1. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.
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He saw the fainting Grecians yield. Dryden.
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2. To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.
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3. To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded.
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Will ye relent,
And yield to mercy while 't is offered you? Shak.
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4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.
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Nay tell me first, in what more happy fields
The thistle springs, to which the lily yields? Pope.
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Yield (?), n. Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. “A goodly yield of fruit doth bring.” Bacon.
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Yieldable (?), a. Disposed to yield or comply. [R.] -- Yieldableness, n. [R.] Bp. Hall.
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Yieldance (?), n. 1. The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. [R.] Bp. Hall.
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2. The act of yielding; concession. [R.] South.
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Yielder (?), n. One who yields. Shak.
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Yielding, a. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper.
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Coloq. Yielding and paying (Law), the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved. Burrill.
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Syn. -- Obsequious; attentive. -- , , . In many cases a man may be attentive or yielding in a high degree without any sacrifice of his dignity; but he who is obsequious seeks to gain favor by excessive and mean compliances for some selfish end.
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-- Yieldingly, adv. -- Yieldingness, n.
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Yieldless, a. Without yielding; unyielding. [Obs.]
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Yift (?), n. Gift. [Obs.] “Great yiftes.” Chaucer.
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Yin (?), n. A Chinese weight of 22/3 pounds.
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Yin (?), n. (Chinese philosophy) one of the two fundamental principles. See .

yin and yang (?), n. (Chinese philosophy) the two fundamental principles, one negative, dark, passive, cold, wet, and feminine (yin) and the other (yang) positive, bright, active, dry, hot and masculine. The interactions and balance of these forces in people and nature influence their behavior and fate. [RHUD]

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