Y NWAD Y.0

Y — YOUNG NWAD Y.1

Y, the twenty fifth letter of the English Alphabet, is taken from the Greed. At the beginning of words, it is called an articulation or consonant, and with some propriety perhaps, as it brings the root of the tongue in close contact with the lower part of the palate, and nearly in the position to which the close g brings it. Hence it has happened that in a great number of words, g has been changed into y, as the Sax. Gear, into year; geornian, into yearn; gyllan, into yell; gealew, into yellow. NWAD Y.1

In the middle and at the end of words, y is precisely the same as I. It is sounded as I long, when accented, as in defy, rely; and as I short, when unaccented, as in vanity, glory, synonymous. This latter sound is a vowel. At the beginning of words, y answers to the German and Dutch J. NWAD Y.2

Y, as a numeral, stands for 150, and with a dash over it, for 150,000. NWAD Y.3

YACHT, n. yot. [G., It is properly a boat drawn by horses.] A vessel of state used to convey princes, embassadors and other great personages from one place to another. The royal yachts are rigged as ketches, except the principal one, which is equipped as a ship. The smaller yachts are rigged as sloops. NWAD YACHT.1

YAGER, n. Yawger. [G., to chase.] A horseman. NWAD YAGER.1

YAHOO, n. A word used by Chesterfield, I suppose for a savage, or a person resembling a savage. NWAD YAHOO.1

YAK, n. A species of ox, with cylindric horns curving outwards, long pendent hair, and villous horselike tail; the grunting ox of Pennant. This ox is found in Thibet. NWAD YAK.1

YAM, n. A large esculent root growing in tropical climates. NWAD YAM.1

YAMBOO, n. A kind of plant producing fruit like a plum. NWAD YAMBOO.1

YANKEE, n. A corrupt pronunciation of the word English by the native Indians of America. NWAD YANKEE.1

YANOLITE, n. A mineral, called also axinite or thumerstone, whose crystals resemble an ax. NWAD YANOLITE.1

YAP, to bark, is not a legitimate word. NWAD YAP.1

YAPON, n. The cassine or South Sea tea. The Ileex cassine or youpon, is a shrub growing in the S. States, used as a tea and a medicine. NWAD YAPON.1

YARD, n. NWAD YARD.1

1. A measure of three feet or thirty six inches. It is just seven niths of the Paris ell. NWAD YARD.2

2. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of or around a house or barn. The yard in front of a house is called a court, and sometimes a court-yard. In the United States, a small yard is fenced round a barn for confining cattle, and called barn-yard or cow-yard. NWAD YARD.3

3. In ships, a long slender piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, suspended upon the mast, by which a sail is extended. NWAD YARD.4

Yard of land, in old books, a certain quantity of land, but different in different countries. In some counties it was 15 acres, in others 20 or 24, and even 40. NWAD YARD.5

Dock-yard, a place where ships are laid up. NWAD YARD.6

Prison yard, primarily an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it. Hence liberty of the yard, is a liberty granted to persons imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any other limits prescribed by the law, on his giving bond not to go beyond those limits. NWAD YARD.7

YARD, v.t. To confine cattle to the yard; as, to yard cows. [A farmers word.] NWAD YARD.8

YARD-ARM, n. [yard and arm.] Either half of a ships yard, from the center or mast to the end. NWAD YARD-ARM.1

YARD-STICK, n. [yard and stick.] A stick three feet in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc. NWAD YARD-STICK.1

YARD-WAND, n. [yard and wand.] A measure of a yard; now yard-stick. NWAD YARD-WAND.1

YARE, a. [See Eager.] Ready; dextrous; eager. NWAD YARE.1

YARELY, adv. Readily; dextrously; skillfully. NWAD YARELY.1

YARN, n. NWAD YARN.1

1. Spun wool; woolen thread; but it is applied also to other species of thread, as to cotton and linen. NWAD YARN.2

2. In rope-making, one of the threads of which a rope is composed. It is spun from hemp. NWAD YARN.3

YARR, v.i. To growl or snarl, as a dog. [Not in use.] NWAD YARR.1

YARRISH, a. Having a rough dry taste. [Local.] NWAD YARRISH.1

YARROW, n. A plant of the genus Achillea; the milfoil, or plant of a thousand leaves. NWAD YARROW.1

YATE, in the north of England, is used for gate. NWAD YATE.1

YAW, n. The African name of a raspberry. NWAD YAW.1

YAW, v.i. NWAD YAW.2

1. To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the sugar works. [See Yew.] NWAD YAW.3

2. In navigation, to deviate from the line of her course, as a ship. NWAD YAW.4

YAWL, n. A small ships boat, usually rowed by four or six oars. NWAD YAWL.1

YAWL, v.i. To cry out. [See Yell.] NWAD YAWL.2

YAWN, v.i. [G., Gr.] NWAD YAWN.1

1. To gape; to oscitate; to have the mouth open involuntarily through drowsiness or dullness. NWAD YAWN.2

The lazy, yawning drone. NWAD YAWN.3

And while above he spends his breath, the yawning audience nod beneath. NWAD YAWN.4

2. To open wide; as, wide yawns the gulf below. NWAD YAWN.5

3. To express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings. NWAD YAWN.6

YAWN, n. NWAD YAWN.7

1. A gaping; an involuntary opening of the mouth from drowsiness; oscitation. NWAD YAWN.8

One person yawning in company will produce a spontaneous yawn in all present. NWAD YAWN.9

2. An opening wide. NWAD YAWN.10

YAWNING, ppr. NWAD YAWNING.1

1. Gaping; opening wide. NWAD YAWNING.2

2. a. Sleepy; drowsy; dull. NWAD YAWNING.3

YAWNING, n. The act of gaping or opening wide. NWAD YAWNING.4

YAWS, n. A severe cutaneous disease, which is indigenous in Africa, and from Africa it has been introduced into the West Indies. It is said to be so named form yaw, a raspberry. It is propagated solely by the infection of the matter of the pustules, applied to a part of the body where the skin is broken. It affects a person but once. NWAD YAWS.1

YCLAD, pp. Clad. [This word and the following retain the y, which is the remains of the Saxon ge, prefixed to verbs. But it is obsolete, except in poetry, and perhaps in burlesque only.] NWAD YCLAD.1

YCLEPED, pp. [See Yclad.] Called; named; it is obsolete, except in burlesque. NWAD YCLEPED.1

YDRAD, pp. Dreaded. NWAD YDRAD.1

YE, pron. The nominative plural of the second person, of which thou is the singular. But the two words have no radical connection. Ye is now used only in the sacred and solemn style. In common discourse and writing, you is exclusively used. NWAD YE.1

But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified. 1 Corinthians 6:11. NWAD YE.2

YEA, adv. Ya. NWAD YEA.1

1. Yes; a word that expresses affirmation or assent. Will you go? Yea. It sometimes introduces a subject, with the sense of indeed, verily, truly, it is so. NWAD YEA.2

Yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree in the garden? Genesis 3:1. NWAD YEA.3

Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay. Matthew 5:37. NWAD YEA.4

2. It sometimes enforces the sense of something preceding; not only so, but more. NWAD YEA.5

Therein I do rejoice; yea, and will rejoice. Philippians 1:18. NWAD YEA.6

3. In Scripture, it is used to denote certainty, consistency, harmony, and stability. NWAD YEA.7

All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him are amen. 2 Corinthians 1:20. NWAD YEA.8

[In this use, the word may be considered a noun.] NWAD YEA.9

Yea is used only in the sacred and solemn style. [See Yes.] NWAD YEA.10

YEAD, GEAD, v.i. To go. NWAD YEAD.1

YEAN, v.i. To bring forth young, as a goat or sheep; to lamb. [Obsolete or local.] NWAD YEAN.1

YEANED, pp. Brought forth. NWAD YEANED.1

YEANLING, n. The young of sheep; a lamb. [Obsolete or local.] NWAD YEANLING.1

YEAR, n. [G.] NWAD YEAR.1

1. The space or period of time in which the sun moves through the twelve signs of the ecliptic, or whole circle, and returns to the same point. This is the solar year, and the year, in the strict and proper sense of the word. It is called also the tropical year. This period comprehends what are called the twelve calendar months, or 365 days, 5 hours, and 49 minutes, within a small fraction. But in popular usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year of 366; a day being added to February, on account of the 5 hours and 49 minutes. NWAD YEAR.2

2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution; as the year of Jupiter or of Saturn. NWAD YEAR.3

3. The time in which the fixed states make a revolution, is called the great year. NWAD YEAR.4

4. Years, in the plural, is sometimes equivalent to age or old age; as a man in years. NWAD YEAR.5

In popular language, year is often used for years. The horse is ten year old. NWAD YEAR.6

Sidereal year, the time in which the sun, departing from any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 day, 6 hours, 6 minutes, and 11, 5 seconds. NWAD YEAR.7

Anomalistical year, the time that elapses from the suns leaving its apogee, till it returns to it, which is 365 days, 6 hours, 14 minutes. NWAD YEAR.8

Civil year, the year which nay nation has contrived for the computation of time. NWAD YEAR.9

Bissextile or leap year, the year consisting of 366 days. NWAD YEAR.10

Lunar year, consists of 12 lunar months. NWAD YEAR.11

Lunar astronomical year, consists of 12 lunar synodical months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds. NWAD YEAR.12

Common lunar year, consists of 12 lunar civil months, or 354 days. NWAD YEAR.13

Embolismic or intercalary year, consists of 13 lunar civil months, and contains 384 days. NWAD YEAR.14

Julian year, established by Julius Caesar, consists of 365 days, 6 hours. NWAD YEAR.15

Gregorian year, is the Julian year corrected and is the year now generally used in Europe. From the difference between this and the Julian year, arises the distinction of Old and New Style. NWAD YEAR.16

Sabbatic year, among the Israelites, was every seventh year, when their land was suffered to lid untilled. NWAD YEAR.17

The civil or legal year, in England, formerly commenced on the 25th day of March. This practice continued till after the settlement of America, and the first settlers of New England observed it for many years. NWAD YEAR.18

YEAR-BOOK, n. [year and book.] A book containing annual reports of cases adjudged in the courts of England. NWAD YEAR-BOOK.1

YEARED, a. Containing years. [Not in use.] NWAD YEARED.1

YEARLING, n. A young beast one year old, or in the second year of his age. NWAD YEARLING.1

YEARLING, a. Being a year old; as a yearling heifer. NWAD YEARLING.2

YEARLY, a. NWAD YEARLY.1

1. Annual; happening; accruing or coming every year; as a yearly rent or income. NWAD YEARLY.2

2. Lasting a year; as a yearly plant. NWAD YEARLY.3

3. Comprehending a year; as the yearly circuit or revolution of the earth. NWAD YEARLY.4

YEARLY, adv. Annually; once a year; as blessings yearly bestowed. NWAD YEARLY.5

YEARN, YERN, v.i. [G. The sense is to strain, or stretch forward. We have earnest from the same root.] NWAD YEARN.1

1. To be strained; to be pained or distressed; to suffer. NWAD YEARN.2

Falstaff, he is dead, and we must yearn therefore. NWAD YEARN.3

2. Usually, to long; to feel an earnest desire; that is literally, to have a desire or inclination stretching towards the object or end. 1 Kings 3:26. NWAD YEARN.4

Joseph made haste, for his bowels did yearn upon his brother. Genesis 43:30. NWAD YEARN.5

Your mothers heart yearns toward you. NWAD YEARN.6

--Anticlus, unable to control, spoke loud the language of his yearning soul. NWAD YEARN.7

YEARN, YERN, v.t. To pain; to grieve; to vex. NWAD YEARN.8

She laments for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it. NWAD YEARN.9

It yearns me not if men my garments wear. NWAD YEARN.10

YEARNFUL, YERNFUL, a. Mournful; distressing. NWAD YEARNFUL.1

YEARNING, YERNING, pp. Longing; having longing desire. NWAD YEARNING.1

YEARNING, YERNING, n. Strong emotions of desire, tenderness or pity. NWAD YEARNING.2

YEAST, n. NWAD YEAST.1

1. Barm; the foam, froth or flower of beer or other liquor in fermentation; used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy. NWAD YEAST.2

2. Spume or foam of water. [Not in use.] NWAD YEAST.3

YEASTY, a. Frothy; foamy; spumy; like yeast. NWAD YEASTY.1

YELK, n. [See Gold and Yellow.] The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus. It is sometimes written and pronounced yolk, but yelk is the proper word. Yolk is a corruption. NWAD YELK.1

YELL, v.i. [It agrees in elements with call.] To cry out with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. Savages yell most frightfully when they are rushing to the first onset of battle. NWAD YELL.1

Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells. NWAD YELL.2

YELL, n. A sharp, loud, hideous outcry. NWAD YELL.3

Their hideous yells rend the dark welkin. NWAD YELL.4

YELLING, pp. Uttering hideous outcries; shrieking; as yelling monsters. NWAD YELLING.1

YELLING, n. The act of screaming hideously. NWAD YELLING.2

YELLOW, a. [G. See Gold.] Being of a bright color; the color of gold. NWAD YELLOW.1

YELLOW, n. A bright color, reflecting the most light of any, after white. It is one of the simple or primitive colors. NWAD YELLOW.2

YELLOW-BLOSSOMED, a. Furnished or adorned with yellow flowers. NWAD YELLOW-BLOSSOMED.1

YELLOW-BOY, n. A gold coin. [Vulgar.] NWAD YELLOW-BOY.1

YELLOW-EARTH, n. A soft yellow mineral found at Webraw, in Upper Lusatia. United with clay and argillaceous ironstone. NWAD YELLOW-EARTH.1

YELLOW-FEVER, n. A malignant disease of warm climates, which often suffuses the skin with a yellowish color. NWAD YELLOW-FEVER.1

YELLOW-GOLDS, n. A flower. NWAD YELLOW-GOLDS.1

YELLOW-HAMMER, n. A bird of the genus Emberiza. Its throat and the crown of the head, are yellow. NWAD YELLOW-HAMMER.1

YELLOWISH, a. Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish color. NWAD YELLOWISH.1

YELLOWISHNESS, n. The quality of being somewhat yellow. NWAD YELLOWISHNESS.1

YELLOWNESS, n. NWAD YELLOWNESS.1

1. The quality of being yellow; as the yellowness of an orange. NWAD YELLOWNESS.2

2. Jealousy. [Not in use.] NWAD YELLOWNESS.3

YELLOWS, n. A disease of horses, cattle and sheep, in which the eyes are tinged with a yellow color, proceeding often from obstructions in the gall-ducts. It is relieved by purges. NWAD YELLOWS.1

YELP, v.i. To bark, as a beagle-hound after his prey, or as other dog. NWAD YELP.1

YELPING, ppr. Barking in a particular manner. NWAD YELPING.1

YENITE, n. A mineral found in the isle of Elba, and in other places, of a brown or brownish black color. It is arranged with the chrysolite family, but differs much from other species of it. It resembles hornblend, or rather black epidote. It occurs both crystalized and massive; the form of the crystals being that of a rhomboidal prism. It consists chiefly of silex, lime, and oxyd of manganese. This mineral is called yenite or jenite in commemoration of the battle of Jena, and lievrite, from its discoverer. NWAD YENITE.1

YEOMAN, n. [See Common.] NWAD YEOMAN.1

1. A common man, or one of the plebeians, of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born. 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. But yeomanry is much used. NWAD YEOMAN.2

2. An officer in the kings household, of a middle rank between a gentleman and a groom. NWAD YEOMAN.3

3. In ships, an inferior officer under the boatswain, gunner or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account and distribution of the stores. NWAD YEOMAN.4

4. A name or title of certain soldiers; as yeomen of the guard. NWAD YEOMAN.5

YEOMANLY, a. Pertaining to a yeoman. NWAD YEOMANLY.1

YEOMANRY, n. The collective body of yeomen or freeholders. Thus the common people in America, are called yeomanry. NWAD YEOMANRY.1

YERK, v.t. To throw or thrust with a sudden smart spring; as, horses yerk their heels. NWAD YERK.1

YERK, n. A sudden or quick thrust or motion. NWAD YERK.2

YERKING, ppr. Thrusting with a quick spring. NWAD YERKING.1

YERN. [See Yearn.] NWAD YERN.1

YES, adv. A word which expresses affirmation or consent; opposed to no; as, are you married, madam? Yes. It is used like yea, to enforce by repetition or addition, something which precedes. You have done all this; yes, you have done more. NWAD YES.1

Yes, you despise the man to books confind. NWAD YES.2

YEST, [See Yeast.] NWAD YEST.1

YESTER, a. [G., L.] Last; last past; next before the present; as yester sun. NWAD YESTER.1

[Note. This is seldom used except in the compounds which follow.] NWAD YESTER.2

YESTERDAY, n. [See Yester.] NWAD YESTERDAY.1

1. The day last past; the day next before the present. NWAD YESTERDAY.2

All our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. NWAD YESTERDAY.3

We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. Job 8:9. NWAD YESTERDAY.4

2. Yesterday is used generally without a preposition; as, I went to town yesterday. Yesterday we received letters from our friends. In this ease, a preposition is understood; as on yesterday, or during yesterday. The word may be considered as adverbially used. NWAD YESTERDAY.5

YESTERNIGHT, n. [yester and night.] NWAD YESTERNIGHT.1

1. The last night. NWAD YESTERNIGHT.2

2. It is used without preposition. My brother arrived yesternight; where on or during is understood, but it may be considered as adverbially used. NWAD YESTERNIGHT.3

YESTY. [See Yeasty.] NWAD YESTY.1

YET, conj. [Gr.] Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however. I come to you in the spirit of peace; yet you will not receive me. NWAD YET.1

Yet I say unto you, the Solomon in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. Matthew 6:29. NWAD YET.2

YET, adv. NWAD YET.3

1. Beside; over and above. There is one reason yet further to be alledged. NWAD YET.4

2. Still; the state remaining the same. NWAD YET.5

They attest facts they had heard while they were yet heathens. NWAD YET.6

3. At this time; so soon. Is it time to go? Not yet. NWAD YET.7

4. At least; at all. NWAD YET.8

A man that would form a comparison between Quintilians declamations, if yet they are Quintilians-- NWAD YET.9

5. It is prefixed to words denoting extension of time or continuance. NWAD YET.10

A little longer; yet a little longer. NWAD YET.11

6. Still; in a new degree. The crime becomes yet blacker by the pretense of piety. NWAD YET.12

7. Even; after all; a kind of emphatical addition to a negative. NWAD YET.13

Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them. NWAD YET.14

8. Hitherto. You have yet done nothing; you have as yet done less than was expected. NWAD YET.15

Yeven, for given, is not in use. NWAD YET.16

YEW, n. An evergreen tree of the genus Taxus, valued for its wood or timber. NWAD YEW.1

YEW, v.i. To rise, as scum on the brine in boiling at the salt works. [See Yaw.] NWAD YEW.2

YEWEN, a. Made of yew. NWAD YEWEN.1

YEX, n. A hiccough. [Little used.] NWAD YEX.1

YEX, v.i. To hiccough. NWAD YEX.2

YFERE, adv. Together. [Not in use.] NWAD YFERE.1

YIELD, v.t. NWAD YIELD.1

1. To produce, as land, stock or funds; to give in return for labor, or as profit. Lands yield not more than three per cent annually; houses yield four or five percent. Maiz on good land, yields two or three hundred fold. NWAD YIELD.2

2. To produce, in general. Most vegetable juices yield a salt. NWAD YIELD.3

3. To afford; to exhibit. The flowers in spring yield a beautiful sight. NWAD YIELD.4

4. To allow; to concede; to admit to be true; as, to yield the point in debate. We yield that there is a God. NWAD YIELD.5

5. To give, as claimed of right; as, to yield due honors; to yield due praise. NWAD YIELD.6

6. To permit; to grant. NWAD YIELD.7

Life is but air, that yields a passage to the whistling sword. NWAD YIELD.8

7. To emit; to give up. To yield the breath, is to expire. NWAD YIELD.9

8. To resign; to give up; sometimes with up or over; as, to yield up their own opinions. We yield the place to our superiors. NWAD YIELD.10

9. To surrender; sometimes with up; as, to yield a fortress to the enemy; or to yield up a fortress. NWAD YIELD.11

YIELD, v.i. NWAD YIELD.12

1. To give up the contest; to submit. NWAD YIELD.13

He saw the fainting Grecians yield. NWAD YIELD.14

2. To comply with; as, I yielded to his request. NWAD YIELD.15

3. To give way; not to oppose. We readily yield to the current of opinion; we yield to customs and fashions. NWAD YIELD.16

4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence. They will yield to us in nothing. NWAD YIELD.17

Tell me in what more happy fields the thistle springs, to which the lily yields? NWAD YIELD.18

YIELDABLENESS, n. Disposition to comply. [A bad word and not used.] NWAD YIELDABLENESS.1

YIELDANCE, n. Act of producing; concession. [Not used.] NWAD YIELDANCE.1

YIELDED, pp. Produced; afforded; conceded; allowed; resigned; surrendered. NWAD YIELDED.1

YIELDER, n. One who yields. NWAD YIELDER.1

YIELDING, ppr. NWAD YIELDING.1

1. Producing; affording; conceding; resigning; surrendering; allowing. NWAD YIELDING.2

2. a. Inclined to give way or comply; flexible; accommodating; as a yielding temper. NWAD YIELDING.3

YIELDING, n. Act of producing; act of surrendering; submission. NWAD YIELDING.4

YIELDINGLY, adv. With compliance. NWAD YIELDINGLY.1

YIELDINGNESS, n. Disposition to comply; quality of yielding. NWAD YIELDINGNESS.1

YOJAN, n. In the East Indies, a measure or distance of five miles. NWAD YOJAN.1

YOKE, n. [G., L., Gr.] NWAD YOKE.1

1. A piece of timber, hollowed or made curving near each end, and fitted with bows for receiving the necks of oxen; by which means two are connected for drawing. From a ring or hook in the bow, a chain extends to the thing to be drawn, or to the yoke of another pair of oxen behind. NWAD YOKE.2

2. A mark of servitude; slavery; bondage. NWAD YOKE.3

Our country sinks beneath the yoke. NWAD YOKE.4

3. A chain; a link; a bond of connection; as the yoke of marriage. NWAD YOKE.5

4. A couple; a pair; as a yoke of oxen. NWAD YOKE.6

5. Service. NWAD YOKE.7

My yoke is easy. Matthew 11:30. NWAD YOKE.8

YOKE, v.t. NWAD YOKE.9

1. To put a yoke on; to join in a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or a pair of oxen. NWAD YOKE.10

2. To couple; to join with another. NWAD YOKE.11

Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb. NWAD YOKE.12

3. To enslave; to bring into bondage. NWAD YOKE.13

4. To restrain; to confine. Libertines like not to be yoked in marriage. NWAD YOKE.14

The words and promises that yoke the conqueror, are quickly broke. NWAD YOKE.15

YOKED, pp. Confined in a yoke; joined; coupled. NWAD YOKED.1

YOKE-ELM, n. A tree. NWAD YOKE-ELM.1

YOKE-FELLOW, YOKE-MATE, n. [yoke and fellow or mate.] NWAD YOKE-FELLOW.1

1. An associate or companion. NWAD YOKE-FELLOW.2

2. A mate; a fellow. NWAD YOKE-FELLOW.3

YOKING, ppr. Putting a yoke on; joining; coupling. NWAD YOKING.1

YOLD, for yielded. [Not in use.] NWAD YOLD.1

YOLK, n. NWAD YOLK.1

1. The yelk of an egg. [See Yelk.] NWAD YOLK.2

2. The unctuous secretion from the skin of sheep, which renders the pile soft and pliable. NWAD YOLK.3

3. The vitellus, a part of the seed of plants, so named by Gaertner, from its supposed analogy with the yelk of an egg. It is characterized as very firmly and inseparably connected with the embryo, yet never rising out of the integuments of the seed in germination, but absorbed, like the albumen, [see White and Perisperm,] for the nourishment of the embryo. When the albumen is present, it is always situated between it and the embryo. In the grasses it forms a scale between the embryo and albumen. It is considered by Smith as a subterraneous cotyledon. NWAD YOLK.4

YON, YOND, YONDER, a. [G.] Being at a distance within view. NWAD YON.1

Yonder men are too many for an embassy. NWAD YON.2

Read thy lot in yon celestial sign. NWAD YON.3

Yon flowery arbors, yonder alleys green. NWAD YON.4

YON, YOND, YONDER, adv. At a distance within view. When we use this word, we often point the hand or direct the eye to the place or object. NWAD YON.5

First and chiefest, with thee bring him that yon soars on golden wing. NWAD YON.6

Yonder are two apple women scolding. NWAD YON.7

YOND, a. Mad; furious, or alienated in mind; that is, gone, wandering, and allied to the preceding. NWAD YOND.1

YORE, adv. [It probably signifies past, gone, from the root of year.] Long. NWAD YORE.1

Of yore, of old time; long ago; as in times or days of yore. NWAD YORE.2

But Satan now is wiser than of yore. NWAD YORE.3

YOU, pron. Yu. [You has been considered as in the plural only, and is so treated in the Saxon grammar. But from the Belgic dialect, it appears to be in the singular as well as the plural, and our universal popular usage, in applying it to a single person with a verb in the singular number, is correct. Yourself is in the singular number.] NWAD YOU.1

1. The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative or objective case. In familiar language, it is applied to an individual, as thou is in the solemn style. In the plural, it is used in the solemn style in the objective case. NWAD YOU.2

In vain you tell your parting lover, you wish fair winds may waft him over. NWAD YOU.3

He that despiseth you, despiseth me. Luke 10:16. NWAD YOU.4

2. You is used, like on in French, for any one. This at a distance looks like a rock; but as you approach it, you see a little cabin. NWAD YOU.5

YOUNG, a. Yung. [G., L.] NWAD YOUNG.1

1. Not having been long born; being in the first part of life; not old; used of animals; as a young child; a young man; a young fawn. NWAD YOUNG.2

2. Being in the first part of growth; as a young plant; a young tree. NWAD YOUNG.3

3. Ignorant; weak; or rather, having little experience. NWAD YOUNG.4

Come, elder brother, thourt too young in this. NWAD YOUNG.5

YOUNG, n. The offspring of animals, either a single animal, or offspring collectively. The cow will take care of her young, as will the hen. Animals make provision for their young. NWAD YOUNG.6