Now gape the graves, and trough their yawns let loose
Imprisoned spirits.
Marston.
Yawn"ing*ly, adv. In a yawning manner.
Yawp (?), v. & n. See Yaup.
Yaws (?), n. [African yaw a raspberry.] (Med.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as frambœsia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.
Yaw"-weed` (?), n. (Bot.) A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers.
Y*be" (?), obs. p. p. of Be. Been. Chaucer.
Y*cleped" (?), p. p. [AS. geclipod, p. p. of clipian, cleopian, cliopian, to call. See Clepe, and also the Note under Y-.] Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings. [Spelt also yclept.]
It is full fair to ben yclept madame.
Chaucer.
But come, thou goddess fair and free.
In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne.
Milton.
Those charming little missives ycleped valentines.
Lamb.
Y*do" (?), obs. p. p. of Do. Done. Chaucer.
Y*drad" (?), obs. p. p. of Dread. Dreaded.
Yet nothing did he dread, but ever was ydrad.
Spenser.
{Ye, Ye ()}, an old method of printing the article the (AS. þe), the "y" being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn (þ). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced y. See The, and Thorn, n., 4.