YOUNGER — YUX

YOUNGER — YUX NWAD YOUNGER.1

YOUNGER, a. Comp. Yunger. Not so old as another. A person of ninety years old is younger than one of a hundred, though certainly not a young man, nor in the first part of life. NWAD YOUNGER.1

YOUNGEST, a. Superl. Yungest. Having the least age. There are three persons living, the youngest of whom is ninety years old. NWAD YOUNGEST.1

YOUNGISH, a. Yungish. Somewhat young. NWAD YOUNGISH.1

YOUNGLING, n. Yungling. Any animal in the first part of life. NWAD YOUNGLING.1

YOUNGLY, adv. Yungly. NWAD YOUNGLY.1

1. Early in life. NWAD YOUNGLY.2

2. Ignorantly; weakly. [Little used.] NWAD YOUNGLY.3

YOUNGSTER, n. Yungster. A young person; a lad; a colloquial word. NWAD YOUNGSTER.1

YOUNGTH, for youth, is not in use. NWAD YOUNGTH.1

YOUNKER, n. Among seamen, a stripling in the service. NWAD YOUNKER.1

YOUR, a. Pronom. pron. yure. [G.] NWAD YOUR.1

1. Belonging to you; equally applicable to both numbers; as your father; your heart; your prince; your subjects. NWAD YOUR.2

2. It is used indefinitely. NWAD YOUR.3

Your medalist and your critic are much nearer related than the world imagine. NWAD YOUR.4

3. Yours is used as a substitute for a noun in the nominative or objective. This book is yours. I have no pen; give me yours. My sword and yours are kin. NWAD YOUR.5

YOURSELF, pron. plu. Yourselves. [your and self.] NWAD YOURSELF.1

1. A word added to you, to express distinction emphatically between you and other persons. This work you must do yourself; or you yourself must do it; that is, you and no other person. Sometimes it is used without you. NWAD YOURSELF.2

Allow obedience, if yourselves are old. NWAD YOURSELF.3

2. It is used as the reciprocal pronoun. You love only yourself; you have brought this calamity on yourselves; be but yourselves. NWAD YOURSELF.4

YOUTH, n. Yuth. [G.] NWAD YOUTH.1

1. The part of life that succeeds to childhood. In a general sense, youth denotes the whole early part of life, from infancy to manhood; but it is not unusual to divide the stages of life into infancy, childhood, youth, and manhood. In this sense the word can have no plural. NWAD YOUTH.2

Those who pass their youth in vice, are justly condemned to spend their age in folly. NWAD YOUTH.3

2. A young man. In this sense it has a plural. NWAD YOUTH.4

Seven youths from Athens yearly sent-- NWAD YOUTH.5

3. A young person, male or female. NWAD YOUTH.6

4. Young persons, collectively. NWAD YOUTH.7

It is fit to youth to read the best authors first. NWAD YOUTH.8

YOUTHFUL, a. Young; as tow youthful knights. NWAD YOUTHFUL.1

2. Pertaining to the early parts of life; as youthful thoughts; youthful sports. NWAD YOUTHFUL.2

3. Fresh vigorous; as in youth. NWAD YOUTHFUL.3

YOUTHFULLY, adv. In a youthful manner. NWAD YOUTHFULLY.1

YOUTHLY, a. Young; early in life. NWAD YOUTHLY.1

YOUTHY, a. Young. [Bad and not used.] NWAD YOUTHY.1

YPIGHT, a. Fixed, that is, pitched. NWAD YPIGHT.1

YTTRIA, n. [so called from Ytterby, a quarry in Sweden.] One of the earths. It has the appearance of a fine white powder, without taste or smell. It is insoluble in water, and does not affect vegetable blues. It combines with acids and forms salts. Its base is yttrium. NWAD YTTRIA.1

YOUNGER — YUX NWAD YOUNGER.1

YOUNGER, a. Comp. Yunger. Not so old as another. A person of ninety years old is younger than one of a hundred, though certainly not a young man, nor in the first part of life. NWAD YOUNGER.1

YOUNGEST, a. Superl. Yungest. Having the least age. There are three persons living, the youngest of whom is ninety years old. NWAD YOUNGEST.1

YOUNGISH, a. Yungish. Somewhat young. NWAD YOUNGISH.1

YOUNGLING, n. Yungling. Any animal in the first part of life. NWAD YOUNGLING.1

YOUNGLY, adv. Yungly. NWAD YOUNGLY.1

YOUNGSTER, n. Yungster. A young person; a lad; a colloquial word. NWAD YOUNGSTER.1

YOUNGTH, for youth, is not in use. NWAD YOUNGTH.1

YOUNKER, n. Among seamen, a stripling in the service. NWAD YOUNKER.1

YOUR, a. Pronom. pron. yure. [G.] NWAD YOUR.1

YOURSELF, pron. plu. Yourselves. [your and self.] NWAD YOURSELF.1

YOUTH, n. Yuth. [G.] NWAD YOUTH.1

YOUTHFUL, a. Young; as tow youthful knights. NWAD YOUTHFUL.1

YOUTHFULLY, adv. In a youthful manner. NWAD YOUTHFULLY.1

YOUTHLY, a. Young; early in life. NWAD YOUTHLY.1

YOUTHY, a. Young. [Bad and not used.] NWAD YOUTHY.1

YPIGHT, a. Fixed, that is, pitched. NWAD YPIGHT.1

YTTRIA, n. [so called from Ytterby, a quarry in Sweden.] One of the earths. It has the appearance of a fine white powder, without taste or smell. It is insoluble in water, and does not affect vegetable blues. It combines with acids and forms salts. Its base is yttrium. NWAD YTTRIA.1

YTTRIOUS, a. Pertaining to yttria; containing yttria; as the yttrious oxyd of columbium. NWAD YTTRIOUS.1

YTTRIUM, n. The base of yttria. NWAD YTTRIUM.1

YTTRO-CERITE, n. A mineral consisting of the oxyd of cerium, yttria, lime and fluoric acid. NWAD YTTRO-CERITE.1

YTTRO-COLUMBITE, n. A mineral containing yttria. NWAD YTTRO-COLUMBITE.1

YTTRO-TANTALITE, n. A mineral found in kidney-form masses; an ore of tantalum. NWAD YTTRO-TANTALITE.1

YUCK, v.i. To itch. [Local.] NWAD YUCK.1

YUFTS, n. Russia lether, prepared from ox hides in a peculiar manner. NWAD YUFTS.1

YUG, YOG, n. In the mythology of India, an age; one of the ages into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world. NWAD YUG.1

YULAN, n. A beautiful flowering tree of China. NWAD YULAN.1

YULE, n. The name anciently given to Christmas, or the feast of the nativity of our Savior. NWAD YULE.1

YUX, n. A hiccough. [Not used.] NWAD YUX.1

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