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  • English Word Ymaked Definition Made.
  • English Word Ymel Definition Among.
  • English Word Ynambu Definition A South American tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens); -- called also perdiz grande, and rufous tinamou. See Illust. of Tinamou.
  • English Word Ynough Definition Alt. of Ynow
  • English Word Ynow Definition Enough.
  • English Word Yockel Definition The yaffle.
  • English Word Yode Definition Went; walked; proceeded.
  • English Word Yodel Definition Alt. of Yodle
  • English Word Yodel Definition Alt. of Yodle
  • English Word Yodeled Definition of Yodle
  • English Word Yodeling Definition of Yodle
  • English Word Yodle Definition 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.
  • English Word Yodle Definition A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.
  • English Word Yodled Definition of Yodle
  • English Word Yodler Definition One who yodels.
  • English Word Yodling Definition of Yodle
  • English Word Yoga Definition 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.
  • English Word Yogi Definition A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic.
  • English Word Yoicks Definition A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.
  • English Word Yoit Definition The European yellow-hammer.
  • English Word Yojan Definition A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five.
  • English Word Yoke Definition A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
  • English Word Yoke Definition A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
  • English Word Yoke Definition A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke.
  • English Word Yoke Definition A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
  • English Word Yoke Definition A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
  • English Word Yoke Definition 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.
  • English Word Yoke Definition A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
  • English Word Yoke Definition 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.
  • English Word Yoke Definition A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.