YANK, yangk, _v.t._ to carry, move with a jerk (with out, over).--_n._
(_Scot._) a blow, buffet.--_n._ YANK'ER (_Scot._), a rap: a big
lie.--_adj._ YANK'ING (_Scot._), active: (_U.S._) pulling, jerking.--_n._
YANK'IE (_Scot._), a scold: an impudent woman. [Scand., Sw. prov. _jakka_,
to rove about, Ice. _jaga_, to move about.]
YANKEE, yang'k[=e], _n._ a citizen of the New England States in America: an
inhabitant of the United States--also YANK (_coll._).--_ns._ YANK'EEDOM,
the country inhabited by Yankees: Yankees generally; YANK'EE-DOO'DLE, a
Yankee, from a popular air--also _adj._--_adj._ YANK'EEFIED.--_n._
YANK'EEISM, Yankee characteristics. [Perh. a corr. of _English_, or of Fr.
_Anglais_, by the North American Indians.]
YAP, yap, _v.i._ (_prov._) to yelp, bark constantly.--_n._ a yelp: a
cur.--_n._ YAP'STER, a dog.
YAPOK, YAPOCK, yap'ok, _n._ the S. Amer. water-opossum. [From the river
_Oyapok_, in French Guiana.]
YAPON, yä'pon, _n._ a bushy evergreen shrub of the holly family, native to
the S.E. coasts of the U.S., its leaves yielding the medicinal 'black
drink' of the Indians.--Also YAU'PON, YU'PON. [Most prob. Amer. Ind.]
YAPP, yap, _n._ a kind of limp leather binding in which the cover overlaps
the edge of the book.
YARD, yärd, _n._ an English measure of 3 feet or 36 inches: a long beam on
a mast for spreading square sails: the penis.--_ns._ YARD'-ARM, either half
of a ship's yard (right or left) from the centre to the end; YARD'STICK, a
stick 3 feet long, any standard of measurement--also YARD'WAND. [A.S.
_gyrd_, _gierd_, a rod, measure; Dut. _garde_, Ger. _gerte_; further conn.
with Goth. _gazds_, a stick, L. _hasta_, a spear.]
YARD, yärd, _n._ an enclosed place, esp. near a building, as 'prison-yard,'
or where any special work is carried on, as 'brick-yard,' 'wood-yard,'
'dock-yard,' 'navy-yard:' a garden.--_v.t._ to enclose in a yard.--_ns._
YARD'AGE, the use of a yard, or the charge made for such: the cutting of
coal at so much per yard; YARD'-LAND, the amount of land held by a tenant
in villeinage, in older English usage, varying from 15 to 40 acres;
YARD'MAN, the person having special charge of a farm-yard: one employed in
a railway-yard in making up trains, &c.; YARD'-MAS'TER, one who has the
special oversight of a railway-yard. [A.S. _geard_, hedge, enclosure; Ger.
_garten_; conn. with L. _hortus_, Gr. _chortos_.]
YARE, y[=a]r, _adj._ ready: dexterous: quick: easily handled,
manageable.--_adv._ YARE'LY (_Shak._), promptly: dexterously: skilfully.
[A.S. _gearu_, _gearo_, ready, prompt; Dut. _gaar_, dressed, Ger. _gar_,
wholly.]
YARN, yärn, _n._ spun thread: one of the threads of a rope: a sailor's
story (spun out to some length), a story generally.--_v.i._ to tell
stories. [A.S. _gearn_, thread; Ice. and Ger. _garn_.]
YARPHA, yär'fa, _n._ peaty soil in Shetland.
YARR, yär, _n._ (_prov._) the corn spurry.
YARRISH, yär'ish, _adj._ (_prov._) having a rough, dry taste.