Chapter 4

{ Yes"ter*morn` (?), Yes"ter-morn`ing, } n. The morning of yesterday. Coleridge.

Yes"tern (?), a. [See Yester.] Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.

Yes"ter*night` (?), n. The last night; the night last past.

Yes"ter*night`, adv. [AS. gystran niht. See Yesterday.] On the last night. B. Jonson.

Yes"ter*noon` (?), n. The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.

Yes"ter*week` (?), n. The week last past; last week.

Yes"ter*year` (?), n. The year last past; last year.

Yes`treen" (?), n. Yester-evening; yesternight; last night. [R. or Scot.]

Yestreen I did not know How largely I could live.

Bp. Coxe.

Yest"y (?), a. See Yeasty. Shak.

Yet (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell.

Yet, adv. [OE. yet, et, it, AS. git, gyt, giet, gieta; akin to OFries. ieta, eta, ita, MHG. iezuo, ieze, now, G. jetzo, jetzt.]

1. In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. "A little longer; yet a little longer." Dryden.

This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our savior, lays such a particular stress acts of mercy.

Atterbury.

The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of piety and justice.

L'Estrange.

2. At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still.

Facts they had heard while they were yet heathens.

Addison.

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 As, conj.

Ne never yet no villainy ne said.

Chaucer.

4. Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time. "He 'll be hanged yet." Shak.

5. Even; -- used emphatically.

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

Bacon.

Yet (?), conj. Nevertheless; notwithstanding; however.

Yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Matt. vi. 29.

Syn. -- See However.

Yeve (?), v. i. To give. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Yev"en (?), p. p. Given. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Yew (), v. i. See Yaw.

Yew, n. [OE. ew, AS. eów, w, eoh; akin to D. ijf, OHG. wa, ha, G. eibe, Icel. r; cf. Ir. iubhar, Gael. iubhar, iughar, W. yw, ywen, Lith. jëva the black alder tree.]

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.

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.

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.

3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew.

Yew (), a. Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock.

Yew"en (?), a. Made of yew; as, yewen bows.

Yex (?), v. i. [OE. exen, yesken, AS. giscian to sob.] To hiccough. [Written also yox, yux.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose.

Chaucer.

Yex, n. [AS. geocsa a sobbing, hiccough. Cf. Yex, v. i.] A hiccough. [Written also yox, and yux.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "The excessive yex." Holland.

Yez`de*ger"di*an (?; 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.

Yez"di (yz"d), n. Same as Izedi. Tylor.

{ Yez"i*dee (?), Yez"i*di (?) }, n. Same as Izedi.

Y*fere" (?), adv. Together. See Ifere. [Obs.]

As friends do when they be met yfere.

Chaucer.

Yg"dra*syl (?), n. (Scand. Myth.) See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Y"ghe (?), n. Eye. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Y*go" (?), obs. p. p. of Go. Gone. Chaucer.

Y*ground" (?), obs. p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.

Y*hold"e (?), obs. p. p. of Hold. Chaucer.

Yield (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yielded; obs. p. p. Yold (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yielding.] [OE. yelden, elden, ilden, 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 Geld, Guild.]

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.

To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent.

Chaucer.

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength.

Gen. iv. 12.

2. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth. "Vines yield nectar." Milton.

[He] makes milch kine yield blood.

Shak.

The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

Job xxiv. 5.

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.

And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown.

Shak.

Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame.

Milton.

4. To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.

I yield it just, said Adam, and submit.

Milton.

5. To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage.

6. To give a reward to; to bless. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Tend me to-night two hours, I ask no more, And the gods yield you for 't.

Shak.

God yield thee, and God thank ye.

Beau. & Fl.

To yield the breath, the ghost, or the life, to die; to expire; -- often followed by up.

One calmly yields his willing breath.

Keble.

Yield, v. i. 1. To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.

He saw the fainting Grecians yield.

Dryden.

2. To comply with; to assent; as, I yielded to his request.

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.

Will ye relent, And yield to mercy while 't is offered you?

Shak.

4. To give place, as inferior in rank or excellence; as, they will yield to us in nothing.

Nay tell me first, in what more happy fields The thistle springs, to which the lily yields?

Pope.

Yield (?), n. Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation. "A goodly yield of fruit doth bring." Bacon.

Yield"a*ble (?), a. Disposed to yield or comply. [R.] -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Yield"ance (?), n. 1. The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. [R.] Bp. Hall.

2. The act of yielding; concession. [R.] South.

Yield"er (?), n. One who yields. Shak.

Yield"ing, a. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper.

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.

Syn. -- Obsequious; attentive. -- Yielding, 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.

-- Yield"ing*ly, adv. -- Yield"ing*ness, n.

Yield"less, a. Without yielding; unyielding. [Obs.]

Yift (?), n. Gift. [Obs.] "Great yiftes." Chaucer.

Yin (?), n. A Chinese weight of 2 pounds.

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Yis (?), adv. Yes. [Obs.]

"Yis, sir," quod he, "yis, host."

Chaucer.

Yit (?), conj. Yet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Yite (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European yellow-hammer.

Yive (?), v. t. & i. To give. [Obs.] Chaucer.

-yl (?). [Gr. &?; wood, material.] (Chem.) A suffix used as a characteristic termination of chemical radicals; as in ethyl, carbonyl, hydroxyl, etc.

-yl was first used in 1832 by Liebig and Wöhler in naming benzoyl, in the sense of stuff, or fundamental material, then in 1834 by Dumas and Peligot in naming methyl, in the sense of wood. After this - yl was generally used as in benzoyl, in the sense of stuff, characteristic ground, fundamental material.

Yle (?), n. Isle. [Obs.] "The barren yle." Chaucer.

Y" lev`el (?). (Surv.) See under Y, n.

{ Y*liche" (?), Y*like" (?) }, a. & adv. Like; alike. [Obs.] "All . . . yliche good." Chaucer.

Yl`lan*ra*ton" (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) The agouara.

Y*mak"ed (?), obs. p. p. of Make. Made.

Y*mel" (?), prep. [OE. ymel, imelle, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. milli, millum (properly, in the middle, fr. &?; in + mi&?;il, me&?;al, middle, akin to E. middle), Dan. imellem, Sw. emellan. See In, and Middle.] Among. [Obs.] "Ymel them all." Chaucer.

Y*nam"bu (?), n. (Zoöl.) A South American tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens); -- called also perdiz grande, and rufous tinamou. See Illust. of Tinamou.

{ Y*nough" (?), Y*now" (?) }, a. [See Enough.] Enough. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Yock"el (?), n. [Cf. Yokel.] (Zoöl.) The yaffle.

Yode (?), obs. imp. of Go. [OE. yode, yede, ede, eode, eode, AS. eóde, used as the imp. of gn to go; akin to Goth. iddja I, he, went, L. ire to go, Gr. 'ie`nai, Skr. i, y. &radic;4. Cf. Issue.] Went; walked; proceeded. [Written also yede.] See Yede.

Quer [whether] they rade [rode] or yode.

Cursor Mundi.

Then into Cornhill anon I yode.

Lydgate.

{ Yo"del (?), Yo"dle (?), } v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Yodeled, Yodled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yodeling, Yodling.] [G. jodeln.] To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble.

{ Yo"del, Yo"dle }, n. A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.

Yo"dler (?), n. One who yodels.

||Yo"ga (?), n. [Skr. yga union.] A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.

Yo"gi (?), n. [Skr. ygin.] A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic. [Spelt also yokin.] Whitworth.

Yo"icks (?), interj. (Hunting) A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.

Yoit (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European yellow-hammer. [Prov. Eng.]

||Yo"jan (?), n. [Skr. yjana.] A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five. [India] [Written also yojana.]

Yoke (yk), n. [OE. yok, oc, AS. geoc; akin to D. juk, OHG. joh, G. joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth. juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo, L. jugum, Gr. zy`gon, Skr. yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr. &?;, Skr. yui. &radic;109, 280. Cf. Join, Jougs, Joust, Jugular, Subjugate, Syzygy, Yuga, Zeugma.]

1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke, Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke.

Pope.

The modern yoke for oxen is usually a piece of timber hollowed, or made curving, near each end, and laid on the necks of the oxen, being secured in place by two bows, one inclosing each neck, and fastened through the timber. In some countries the yoke consists of a flat piece of wood fastened to the foreheads of the oxen by thongs about the horns.

2. A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape. Specifically: (a) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke. (b) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence. (c) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell. (d) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships. (e) (Mach.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts. (f) (Arch.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain. (g) (Dressmaking) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.

3. Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.

Boweth your neck under that blissful yoke . . . Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock.

Chaucer.

This yoke of marriage from us both remove.

Dryden.

4. A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.

Our country sinks beneath the yoke.

Shak.

My yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Matt. xi. 30.

5. Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.

I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them.

Luke xiv. 19.

6. The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen. [Obs.] Gardner.

7. A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Neck yoke, Pig yoke. See under Neck, and Pig. -- Yoke elm (Bot.), the European hornbeam (Carpinus Betulus), a small tree with tough white wood, often used for making yokes for cattle.

Yoke (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yoked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Yoking.]

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

2. To couple; to join with another. "Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers." 2 Cor. vi. 14.

Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb.

Shak.

3. To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.

Then were they yoked with garrisons.

Milton.

The words and promises that yoke The conqueror are quickly broke.

Hudibras.

Yoke, v. i. To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.

We 'll yoke together, like a double shadow.

Shak.

Yoke"age (?), n. See Rokeage. [Local, U. S.]

Yoke"fel`low (?), n. [Yoke + fellow.] An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow; especially, a partner in marriage. Phil. iv. 3.

The two languages [English and French] became yokefellows in a still more intimate manner.

Earle.

Those who have most distinguished themselves by railing at the sex, very often choose one of the most worthless for a companion and yokefellow.

Addison.

Yo"kel (?), n. [Perhaps from an AS. word akin to E. gawk.] A country bumpkin. [Eng.] Dickens.

Yoke"let (?), n. A small farm; -- so called as requiring but one yoke of oxen to till it. [Prov. Eng.]

Yoke"mate` (?), n. Same as Yokefellow.

Yoke"-toed` (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers.

Yold (?), obs. p. p. of Yield. Yielded. Spenser.

Yold"en (?), obs. p. p. of Yield. Yielded.

Yolk (ylk or yk; 277), n. [OE. yolke, yelke, olke, elke, AS. geoloca, geoleca, fr. geolu yellow. See Yellow.] [Written also yelk.]

1. The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus.

2. (Zoöl.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep.

Yolk cord (Zoöl.), a slender cord or duct which connects the yolk glands with the egg chambers in certain insects, as in the aphids. -- Yolk gland (Zoöl.), a special organ which secretes the yolk of the eggs in many turbellarians, and in some other invertebrates. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Appendix. -- Yolk sack (Anat.), the umbilical vesicle. See under Unbilical.

Yoll (yl), v. i. To yell. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Yon (yn), a. [OE. yon, on, AS. geon; akin to G. jener, OHG. jenr, Icel. enn, inn; cf. Goth. jains. &radic;188. Cf. Beyond, Yond, Yonder.] At a distance, but within view; yonder. [Poetic]

Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.

Milton.

Though fast yon shower be fleeting.

Keble.

Yon, adv. Yonder. [Obs. or Poetic]

But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing.

Milton.

Yon"co*pin (?), n. [Perhaps corrupted from Illinois micoupena, Chippewa makopin, the American lotus.] (Bot.) A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).

Yond (?), a. [Cf. AS. anda, onda, anger, andian to be angry.] Furious; mad; angry; fierce. [Obs.] "Then wexeth wood and yond." Spenser.

Yond, adv. & a. [OE. yond, ond, eond, through, beyond, over, AS. geond, adv. & prep.; cf. Goth. jaind thither. &radic;188. See Yon, a.] Yonder. [Obs.] "Yond in the garden." Chaucer.

Yon"der (?), adv. [OE. yonder, onder; cf. OD. ginder, Goth. jaindr&?; there. &?;&?;&?;&?;. See Yond, adv.] At a distance, but within view.

Yonder are two apple women scolding.

Arbuthnot.

Yon"der, a. Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon. "Yon flowery arbors, yonder alleys green." Milton. "Yonder sea of light." Keble.

Yonder men are too many for an embassage.

Bacon.

||Yo"ni (?), n. [Skr. y&?;ni.] (Hindoo Myth.) The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. Lingam.

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

Yore (yr), adv. [OE. ore, yare, are, AS. geára;akin to geár a year, E. year. &radic;204. 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.

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

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

Yote (yt), v. t. [OE. eoten, eten, to pour, AS. geótan. 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 (), pron. [Possess. Your (r) or Yours (rz); dat. & obj. You.] [OE. you, eou, eow, dat. & acc., AS. eów, used as dat. & acc. of ge, g, ye; akin to OFries. iu, io, D. u, G. euch, OHG. iu, dat., iuwih, acc., Icel. yðr, dat. & acc., Goth. izwis; of uncertain origin. &radic;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.

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

Young (yng), a. [Compar. Younger (y"gr); superl. Youngest (-gst).] [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. juvaça, juvan. &radic;281. 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, 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.

Young"ger (?), n. One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. "The elder shall serve the younger." Rom. ix. 12.

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

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.

Young"ling, a. Young; youthful. Wordsworth.

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

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

2. Ignorantly; weakly. [R.]

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

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

Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath.

Spenser.

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

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.

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

Your (r), pron. & a. [OE. your, our, eowr, eower, AS. eówer, originally used as the gen. of ge, g, ye; akin to OFries. iuwer your, OS. iuwar, D. uw, OHG. iuwr, G. euer, Icel. yðar, Goth. izwara, izwar, and E. you. &radic;189. See You.] The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you.

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.

Yours (ürz), pron. See the Note under Your.

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 (th), n.; pl. Youths (ths; 264) or collectively Youth. [OE. youthe, youhþe, uheðe, uweðe, eoeðe, AS. geoguð, geogoð; akin to OS. jugð, D. jeugd, OHG. jugund, G. jugend, Goth. junda. &radic;281. 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.