We might have withheld our political noodles
From knocking their heads against hot Yankee- Doodles.
Moore.
Yan"kee*ism (?), n. A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like. Lowell.
||Yaourt (?), n. [Turk. yoghurt.] A fermented drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks.
Yap (?), v. i. [Icel. gjlpa; akin to yelp. Cf. Yaup.] To bark; to yelp. L'Estrange.
Yap (?), n. A bark; a yelp.
Ya"pock (?; 277), n. [Probably from the river Oyapok, between French Guiana and Brazil.] (Zoöl.) A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum. [Written also yapack.]
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Ya"pon (?; 277), n. (Bot.) Same as Yaupon.
Yar"age (?; 48), n. [See Yare, a.] (Naut.) The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship. Sir T. North.
Yard (?), n. [OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, a measure, a yard; akin to OFries. ierde, OS. gerda, D. garde, G. gerte, OHG. gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. gaddr a goad, sting, Goth. gazds, and probably to L. hasta a spear. Cf. Gad, n., Gird, n., Gride, v. i., Hastate.]