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.