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Yon"ker (?) , n. [See Younker .] A young fellow; a younker. [Obs. or Colloq.]

Sir W. Scott.

Yore <Xpage=1676>

Yore (?) , adv. [OE. <?/ore , yare , <?/are , AS. ge\'a0ra ;akin to ge\'a0r a year, E. year . <?/<?/<?/<?/. See Year .] In time long past; in old time; long since. [Obs. or Poetic]

As it hath been of olde times yore . Chaucer.

Which though he hath polluted oft and yore , Yet I to them for judgment just do fly. Spenser.

Of yore , of old time; long ago; as, in times or days of yore . "But Satan now is wiser than of yore ."

Pope.

Where Abraham fed his flock of yore . Keble.

Yorker <Xpage=1676>

York"er (?) , n. (Cricket) A tice.

Yorkshire <Xpage=1676>

York"shire (?) , n. A county in the north of England.

Yorkshire grit , a kind of stone used for polishing marble, and copperplates for engravers. Simmonds . -- Yorkshire pudding , a batter pudding baked under meat.

York use <Xpage=1676>

York" use` (?) . (Eccl.) The one of the three printed uses of England which was followed in the north. It was based on the Sarum use. See Use , n ., 6.

Shipley.

Yot <Xpage=1676>

Yot (?) , v. t. To unite closely. [Prov. Eng.]

Yote <Xpage=1676>

Yote (?) , v. t. [OE. <?/eoten , <?/eten , to pour, AS. ge\'a2tan . See Found to cast.] To pour water on; to soak in, or mix with, water. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Grose.

My fowls, which well enough, I, as before, found feeding at their trough Their yoted wheat. Chapman.

You <Xpage=1676>

You (?) , pron. [ Possess. Your (?) or Yours (<?/) ; dat. & obj. You .] [OE. you , eou , eow , dat. & acc., AS. e\'a2w , used as dat. & acc. of ge , g<?/ , ye; akin to OFries. iu , io , D. u , G. euch , OHG. iu , dat., iuwih , acc., Icel. y<?/r , dat. & acc., Goth. izwis ; of uncertain origin. &root;189. Cf. Your .] The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye .

Ye go to Canterbury; God you speed. Chaucer.

Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. Shak.

In vain you tell your parting lover You wish fair winds may waft him over. Prior.

&hand; Though you is properly a plural, it is in all ordinary discourse used also in addressing a single person, yet properly always with a plural verb. "Are you he that hangs the verses on the trees, wherein Rosalind is so admired ?" Shak. You and your are sometimes used indefinitely, like we , they , one , to express persons not specified. "The looks at a distance like a new-plowed land; but as you come near it, you see nothing but a long heap of heavy, disjointed clods." Addison . " Your medalist and critic are much nearer related than the world imagine." Addison . "It is always pleasant to be forced to do what you wish to do, but what, until pressed, you dare not attempt." Hook . You is often used reflexively for yourself of yourselves . "Your highness shall repose you at the tower." Shak.

Youl <Xpage=1676>

Youl (?) , v. i. To yell; to yowl. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Young <Xpage=1676>

Young (?) , a. [ Compar. Younger (?) ; superl. Youngest (?) .] [OE. yung , yong , <?/ong , <?/ung , AS. geong ; akin to OFries. iung , iong , D. joing , OS., OHG., & G. jung , Icel. ungr , Sw. & Dan. ung , Goth. juggs , Lith. jaunas , Russ. iunuii , L. juvencus , juvenis , Skr. juva<?/a , juven . <?/<?/<?/<?/. Cf. Junior , Juniper , Juvenile , Younker , Youth .]

1. Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn .

For he so young and tender was of age. Chaucer.

"Whom the gods love, die young ," has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

2. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree .

While the fears of the people were young . De Foe.

3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this. Shak.

Young <Xpage=1676>

Young , n. The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.

[The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young . Milton.

With young , with child; pregnant.

Youngger <Xpage=1676>

Young"ger (?) , n. One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. "The elder shall serve the younger ."

Rom. ix. 12.

Youngish <Xpage=1676>

Young"ish (?) , a. Somewhat young.

Tatler.

Youngling <Xpage=1676>

Young"ling (?) , n. [AS. geongling .] A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life. "More dear . . . than younglings to their dam."

Spenser.

He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings . Ridley.

Youngling <Xpage=1676>

Young"ling , a. Young; youthful.

Wordsworth.

Youngly <Xpage=1676>

Young"ly , a. [AS. geonglic .] Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. [Obs.]

Shak.

Youngly <Xpage=1676>

Young"ly , adv. 1. In a young manner; in the period of youth; early in life. [Obs.]

Shak.

2. Ignorantly; weakly. [R.]

Youngness <Xpage=1676>

Young"ness , n. The quality or state of being young.

Youngster <Xpage=1676>

Young"ster (?) , n. A young person; a youngling; a lad. [Colloq.] "He felt himself quite a youngster , with a long life before him."

G. Eliot.

Youngth <Xpage=1676>

Youngth (?) , n. Youth. [Obs.]

Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser.

Youngthly <Xpage=1676>

Youngth"ly , a. Pertaining to, or resembling, youth; youthful. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Younker <Xpage=1676>

Youn"ker (?) , n. [D. jonker , jonkeer ; jong young + heer a lord, sir, gentleman. See Young , a. ] A young person; a stripling; a yonker. [Obs. or Colloq.]

That same younker soon was overthrown. Spenser.

Youpon <Xpage=1676>

You"pon (?) , n. (Bot.) Same as Yaupon .

Your <Xpage=1676>

Your (?) , pron. & a. [OE. your , <?/our , eowr , eower , AS. e\'a2wer , originally used as the gen. of ge , g\'c7 , ye; akin to OFries. iuwer your, OS. iuwar , D. uw , OHG. iuw\'c7r , G. euer , Icel. y\'ebar , Goth. izwara , izwar , and E. you . \'fb189. See You .] The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you .

&hand; The possessive takes the form yours when the noun to which it refers is not expressed, but implied; as, this book is yours . "An old fellow of yours ."

Chaucer.

ours <Xpage=1676>

ours (?) , pron. See the Note under Your .

Yourself <Xpage=1676>

Your*self" (?) , pron. ; pl. Yourselves (#) . [ Your + self .] An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you ; as, you yourself shall see it ; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, you have injured yourself .

Of which right now ye han yourselve heard. Chaucer.

If yourselves are old, make it your cause. Shak.

Why should you be so cruel to yourself ? Milton.

The religious movement which you yourself , as well as I, so faithfully followed from first to last. J. H. Newman.

Youth <Xpage=1676>

Youth (&umac;th) , n. ; pl. Youths (&umac;ths; 264) or collectively Youth . [OE. youthe , youh&thorn;e , \'f4uhe\'ebe , \'f4uwe\'ebe , \'f4eo\'f4e\'ebe , AS. geogu\'eb , geogo\'eb ; akin to OS. jug\'eb , D. jeugd , OHG. jugund , G. jugend , Goth. junda . \'fb281 . See Young .]

1. The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility. "In my flower of youth ."

Milton.

Such as in his face Youth smiled celestial. Milton.

2. The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood.

He wondered that your lordship Would suffer him to spend his youth at home. Shak.

Those who pass their youth in vice are justly condemned to spend their age in folly. Rambler.

3. A young person; especially, a young man.

Seven youths from Athens yearly sent. Dryden.

4. Young persons, collectively.

It is fit to read the best authors to youth first. B. Jonson.

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Youthful <Xpage=1677>

Youth"ful (?) , a. 1. Not yet mature or aged; young. "Two youthful knights." Dryden . Also used figuratively. "The youthful season of the year."

Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as, youthful days; youthful sports. "Warm, youthful blood." Shak . " Youthful thoughts."

Milton.

3. Fresh; vigorous, as in youth.

After millions of millions of ages . . . still youthful and flourishing. Bentley.

Syn. -- Puerile; juvenile. -- Youthful , Puerile , Juvenile . Puerile is always used in a bad sense, or at least in the sense of what is suitable to a boy only; as, puerile objections, puerile amusements, etc . Juvenile is sometimes taken in a bad sense, as when speaking of youth in contrast with manhood; as, juvenile tricks; a juvenile performance . Youthful is commonly employed in a good sense; as, youthful aspirations ; or at least by way of extenuating; as, youthful indiscretions . "Some men, imagining themselves possessed with a divine fury, often fall into toys and trifles, which are only puerilities ." Dryden . "Raw, juvenile writers imagine that, by pouring forth figures often, they render their compositions warm and animated."

Blair.

-- Youth"ful*ly , adv. -- Youth"ful*ness , n.

Youthhood <Xpage=1677>

Youth"hood (?) , n. [AS. geogu&edh;h\'bed . See Youth , and -hood .] The quality or state of being a youth; the period of youth.

Cheyne.

Youthly <Xpage=1677>

Youth"ly , a. [AS. geogu&edh;lic .] Young; youthful. [Obs.] "All my youthly days."

Spenser.

Youthsome <Xpage=1677>

Youth"some (?) , a. Youthful. [Obs.]

Pepys.

Youthy <Xpage=1677>

Youth"y (?) , a. Young. [Obs.]

Spectator.

Youze <Xpage=1677>

Youze (?) , n. [From a native East Indian name.] (Zo\'94l.) The cheetah.

Yow <Xpage=1677>

Yow (?) , pron. You. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Yowe <Xpage=1677>

Yowe (?) , n. [See Ewe .] (Zo\'94l.) A ewe. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

G. Eliot.

Yowl <Xpage=1677>

Yowl (?) , v. i. [See Yawl , v. i. ] To utter a loud, long, and mournful cry, as a dog; to howl; to yell.

Yowl <Xpage=1677>

Yowl , n. A loud, protracted, and mournful cry, as that of a dog; a howl.

Yowley <Xpage=1677>

Yow"ley (?) , n. [Cf. Yellow .] (Zo\'94l.) The European yellow-hammer. [Prov. Eng.]

Yox <Xpage=1677>

Yox (?) , v. i. See Yex . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Ypight <Xpage=1677>

Y*pight" (?) , obs. p. p. of Pitch . See Pight .

Ypocras <Xpage=1677>

Yp"o*cras (?) , n. Hippocras. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Ypres lace <Xpage=1677>

Y"pres lace` (?) . Fine bobbin lace made at Ypres in Belgium, usually exactly like Valenciennes lace.

Ypsiliform <Xpage=1677>

Yp*sil"i*form (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ <?/ the name of the letter <?/ + -form .] (Biol.) Resembling the <?/ in appearance; -- said of the germinal spot in the ripe egg at one of the stages of fecundation.

Ypsiloid <Xpage=1677>

Yp"si*loid (?) , a. (Anat.) In the form of the letter Y ; Y- shaped.

Yraft <Xpage=1677>

Y*raft" (?) , obs. p. p. of Reave . Bereft.

Chaucer.

Yren <Xpage=1677>

Yr"en (?) , n. Iron. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Yronne <Xpage=1677>

Y*ron"ne (?) , obs. p. p. of Run . Run.

Chaucer.

Ysame <Xpage=1677>

Y*same" (?) , adv. [See Same .] Together. [Obs.] "And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame ."

Spenser.

Y t , Yt <Xpage=1677>

Y t , Yt (&th;&acr;t) , an old method of printing that (AS. &thorn;\'91t , &edh;\'91t ) the "y" taking the place of the old letter "thorn" (&thorn;). Cf. Ye , the.

Ythrowe <Xpage=1677>

Y*throwe" (?) , obs. p. p. of Throw.

Chaucer.

Ytterbic <Xpage=1677>

Yt*ter"bic (?) , a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ytterbium; containing ytterbium.

Ytterbium <Xpage=1677>

Yt*ter"bi*um (?) , n. [NL., fr. Ytterby , in Sweden. See Erbium .] (Chem.) A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. Yttrium .

&hand; Ytterbium is associated with other rare elements, and probably has not been prepared in a pure state. <-- purified before 1960 -->

Yttria <Xpage=1677>

Yt"tri*a (?) , n. [NL. See Yttrium .] (Chem.) The oxide, Y2O3 , or earth, of yttrium.

Yttric <Xpage=1677>

Yt"tric (?) , a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, yttrium.

Yttriferous <Xpage=1677>

Yt*trif"er*ous (?) , a. Bearing or containing yttrium or the allied elements; as, gadolinite is one of the yttriferous minerals .

Yttrious <Xpage=1677>

Yt"tri*ous (?) , a. (Chem.) Same as Yttric .

Yttrium <Xpage=1677>

Yt"tri*um (?) , n. [NL., from Ytter by, in Sweden. See Erbium .] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the boron-aluminium group, found in gadolinite and other rare minerals, and extracted as a dark gray powder. Symbol Y. Atomic weight, 89. [Written also ittrium .]

&hand; Associated with yttrium are certain rare elements, as erbium, ytterbium, samarium, etc., which are separated in a pure state with great difficulty. They are studied by means of their spark or phosphorescent spectra. Yttrium is now regarded as probably not a simple element, but as a mixture of several substances. <-- yttrium has been isolated as a pure element. -->

Yttro-cerite <Xpage=1677>

Yt`tro-ce"rite (?) , n. (Min.) A mineral of a violet-blue color, inclining to gray and white. It is a hydrous fluoride of cerium, yttrium, and calcium.

Yttro-columbite, Yttro-tantalite <Xpage=1677>

Yt`tro-co*lum"bite (?) , Yt`tro-tan"ta*lite (?) , n. (Min.) A tantalate of uranium, yttrium, and calcium, of a brown or black color.

Yu <Xpage=1677>

Yu (?) , n. [Chin.] (Min.) Jade.

Yucca <Xpage=1677>

Yuc"ca (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) See Flicker , n. , 2.

Yucca <Xpage=1677>

Yuc"ca (?) , n. [NL., from Yuca , its name in St. Domingo.] (Bot.) A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.

&hand; The species with more rigid leaves (as Yucca aloifolia , Y. Treculiana , and Y. baccata ) are called Spanish bayonet , and one with softer leaves ( Y. filamentosa ) is called bear grass , and Adam's needle .

Yucca moth (Zo\'94l.) , a small silvery moth ( Pronuba yuccasella ) whose larv\'91 feed on plants of the genus Yucca.

Yuck <Xpage=1677>

Yuck (?) , v. i. [Cf. G. jucken , D. yeuken , joken . See Itch .] To itch. [Prov. Eng.]

Grose.

Yuck <Xpage=1677>

Yuck , v. t. To scratch. [Prov. Eng.]

Wright.

Yuckel <Xpage=1677>

Yuck"el (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Yockel .

Yuen <Xpage=1677>

Yu"en (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The crowned gibbon ( Hylobates pileatus ), native of Siam, Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely arboreal in its habits, and has very long arms. the males are dark brown or blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark hair, and usually with a white band around the face. The females are yellowish white, with a dark spot on the breast and another on the crown. Called also wooyen , and wooyen ape .

Yufts <Xpage=1677>

Yufts (?) , n. [Russ. iufte .] Russia leather.

Yug, Yuga <Xpage=1677>

Yug (?) , Yu"ga (?) , n. [Skr. yuga an age, a yoke. See Yoke .] (Hindoo Cosmog.) Any one of the four ages, Krita , or Satya , Treta , Dwapara , and Kali , into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world.

Yuke <Xpage=1677>

Yuke (?) , v. i. & t. Same as Yuck . [Prov. Eng.]

Yulan <Xpage=1677>

Yu"lan (?) , n. (Bot.) A species of Magnolia ( M. conspicua ) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia .

Yule <Xpage=1677>