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  • English Word Ydrad Definition Dreaded.
  • English Word Ye Definition Yea; yes.
  • English Word Ye Definition The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.
  • English Word Ye Definition An eye.
  • English Word Ye Definition an old method of printing the article the (AS. /e), the "y" being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn (/). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced ye. See The, and Thorn, n., 4.
  • English Word Ye Definition Alt. of Ye
  • English Word Yea Definition Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.
  • English Word Yea Definition More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf. Nay, adv., 2.
  • English Word Yea Definition An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.
  • English Word Yead Definition Properly, a variant of the defective imperfect yode, but sometimes mistaken for a present. See the Note under Yede.
  • English Word Yean Definition To bring forth young, as a goat or a sheep; to ean.
  • English Word Yeaned Definition of Yean
  • English Word Yeaning Definition of Yean
  • English Word Yeanling Definition A lamb or a kid; an eanling.
  • English Word Year Definition The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
  • English Word Year Definition The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
  • English Word Year Definition Age, or old age; as, a man in years.
  • English Word Yeara Definition The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison, a.
  • English Word Yearbook Definition A book containing annual reports of cases adjudged in the courts of England.
  • English Word Yearbook Definition A book published yearly; any annual report or summary of the statistics or facts of a year, designed to be used as a reference book; as, the Congregational Yearbook.
  • English Word Yeared Definition Containing years; having existed or continued many years; aged.
  • English Word Yearling Definition An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.
  • English Word Yearling Definition Being a year old.
  • English Word Yearly Definition Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant.
  • English Word Yearly Definition Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed.
  • English Word Yearly Definition Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.
  • English Word Yearly Definition Accomplished in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth.
  • English Word Yearn Definition To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
  • English Word Yearn Definition To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.
  • English Word Yearn Definition To curdle, as milk.