YITE, y[=i]t, _n._ (_prov._) the yellow-bunting.--Also YOIT.
Y-LEVEL, Y-MOTH. See Y.
YO, y[=o], _interj._ expressive of effort, &c.--YO-HO, in order to call
attention.
YODEL, YODLE, y[=o]'dl, _v.t._ and _v.i._ to sing, changing frequently from
the ordinary voice to falsetto and back again after the manner of the
mountaineers of the Tyrol.--_n._ a song sung in this fashion--also
J[=O]'DEL.--_ns._ Y[=O]'DELER, Y[=O]'DLER. [Ger. dial. _jodeln_.]
YOGA, y[=o]'ga, _n._ a system of Hindu philosophy showing the means of
emancipation of the soul from further migrations.--_ns._ Y[=O]'GI, a Hindu
ascetic who practises the _yoga_ system, consisting in the withdrawal of
the senses from external objects, long continuance in unnatural postures,
&c.; Y[=O]'GISM. [Hind. _yoga_--Sans. _yoga_, union.]
YOICKS, y[=o]'iks, _interj._ an old fox-hunting cry.--_v.t._ Y[=O]'ICK, to
urge on by this cry.
YOJANA, y[=o]'ja-na, _n._ an Indian measure of distance, usually about five
miles.--Also Y[=O]'JAN.
YOKE, y[=o]k, _n._ that which joins together: the frame of wood joining
oxen for drawing together: any similar frame, as one for carrying pails:
(_prov._) a chain of hills: a stretch of work--e.g. from meal-time to
meal-time: a mark of servitude: slavery: a pair or couple.--_v.t._ to put a
yoke on: to join together: to enslave.--_v.i._ to be joined: to go along
with.--_ns._ YOKE'-DEV'IL (_Shak._), a companion devil; YOKE'-FELL'OW,
-MATE, an associate: a mate or fellow.--_adj._ YOKE'-TOED, pair-toed.--_n._
Y[=O]K'ING, as much work as is done at a stretch. [A.S. _geoc_, _iuc_,
_ioc_; Ger. _joch_; L. _jugum_, Gr. _zygon_.]
YOKEL, y[=o]'kl, _n._ a country bumpkin.--_adj._ Y[=O]'KELISH. [Ety. dub.;
but cf. _Gawk_ and _Gowk_.]
YOLDING, YOLDRING. Same as YOWLEY.
YOLK, y[=o]k, YELK, yelk, _n._ the yellow part of an egg: the vitellus of a
seed: wool-oil.--_adjs._ YOLKED, having a yolk; YOLK'Y, like yolk. [A.S.
_geoloca_, _geoleca_--_geolo_, yellow.]
YON, yon, YONDER, yon'd[.e]r, _adv._ at a distance within view.--_adj._
being at a distance within view. [A.S. _geon_; Goth. _jains_ (masc.),
_jaina_ (fem.), Ger. _jen-er_, that.]
YOND, yond, _adj._ (_Spens._) furious, mad--apparently a mere coinage from
the foregoing.
YONI, y[=o]'n[=e], _n._ the _pudendum muliebre_, the symbol under which
Sakti is worshipped in India.
YONKER=_Younker_ (q.v.).
YOOP, yoop, _n._ a word imitative of a sobbing sound.
YORE, y[=o]r, _n._ in old time. [A.S. _geára_, formerly, gen. pl. of _gár_,
a year.]
YORKER, york'[.e]r, _n._ a term in cricket applied to a ball pitched to a
point directly under the batsman's bat--formerly called _tice_ from
_entice_. [Prob. from _Yorkshire_, but history quite unknown.]
YORKISH, york'ish, _adj._ pertaining to the county or city of _York_:
adhering to the House of York in the Wars of the Roses.--_n._ YORK'IST, one
of this party.--YORKSHIRE GRIT, a grit from Yorkshire used for polishing;
YORKSHIRE PUDDING, a pudding made of unsweetened batter, and baked under
meat so as to catch the drippings.
YOU, [=u], _pron._ 2d pers. pron. pl., but also used as
singular.--_pron.pl._ YOU'-UNS, a provincial form for _you_, _you
ones_.--YOU'RE ANOTHER, the vulgar form of _tu quoque_, effective in
vituperation, but not an argument. [A.S. _eów_, orig. only dat. and accus.
Cf. _Ye_.]
YOUNG, yung, _adj._ not long born: in early life: in the first part of
growth: vigorous: relating to youth: junior, the younger of two persons
having the same name: inexperienced: newly arrived--in Australia.--_n._ the
offspring of animals.--_adjs._ YOUNG'-EYED (_Shak._), with the bright eyes
of youth; YOUNG'ISH, somewhat young.--_n._ YOUNG'LING, a young person or
animal.--_adj._ youthful, young.--_adv._ YOUNG'LY.--_ns._ YOUNG'NESS;
YOUNG'STER, a young person: a lad; YOUNGTH (_Spens._), youth.--_adj._
YOUNGTH'LY (_Spens._), youthful.--YOUNG BLOOD, fresh accession of strength;
YOUNG ENGLAND, the name applied, during the Corn-Law struggle (1842-45), to
a little band of young Tory politicians, who hated Free Trade and
Radicalism, and professed a sentimental attachment to earlier forms of
social life in England; YOUNG ENGLAND, AMERICA, &c., the rising generation
in England, America, &c.; YOUNG IRELAND, a group of Irish politicians who
broke away from O'Connell about 1844, because of his rooted aversion to
physical force; YOUNG ITALY, an association of Italian republican
agitators, active about 1834, under the lead of Mazzini; YOUNG PERSON, Mr
Podsnap's phrase for youth generally, considered as too inexperienced to
hear about some matters within the range of adult human experience--from
Dickens's _Our Mutual Friend_; YOUNG PRETENDER, Prince Charlie, as
distinguished from his father the Pretender or Old Pretender.--WITH YOUNG,
pregnant. [A.S. _geong_; Ger. _jung_; also conn. with L. _juvenis_, Sans.
_yuvan_, young.]
YOUNKER, yung'k[.e]r, _n._ a young person: (_Shak._) a simpleton:
(_Spens._) a young gentleman or knight. [Old Dut. _joncker_ (Dut.
_jonker_), from _jonk-heer_, 'young master' or 'lord;' Ger. _junker_.]
YOUR, [=u]r, _pron._ poss. of _you_: belonging to you: (_Shak._) used to
denote a class or species well known, the use implying something of
contempt.--YOURN (_prov._), yours. [A.S. _eówer_. Cf. _Ye_.]
YOURS, [=u]rz, _pron._ poss. of _you_, not followed by a noun: used in many
idiomatic senses, as e.g. 'you and _yours_,' your family, property,
'_yours_ of yesterday,' your letter, &c.--YOURS FAITHFULLY, SINCERELY,
TRULY, &c., YOURS TO COMMAND, &c., are forms used in letters just before
the signature, as phrases of conventional politeness, for the most part:
also sometimes used by a vulgar speaker in alluding to himself.
YOURSELF, [=u]r-self', _pron._ your own self or person:--_pl._ YOURSELVES'.
YOUTH, y[=oo]th, _n._ state of being young: early life: a young person:
young persons taken together: (_Shak._) recentness, freshness.--_adj._
YOUTH'FUL, pertaining to youth or early life: young: suitable to youth:
fresh: buoyant, vigorous.--_adv._ YOUTH'FULLY.--_ns._ YOUTH'FULNESS;
YOUTH'HEAD, YOUTH'HOOD (_obs._), youth.--_adjs._ YOUTH'LY (_Spens._),
young, youthful; YOUTH'SOME, youthful; YOUTH'Y, young. [A.S.
_geogoth_--_geong_, young; Ger. _jugend_.]
YOWL, yowl, _v.i._ to cry mournfully, as a dog: to yell, bawl.--_n._ a
distressed cry.--_n._ YOWL'ING, a howling. [M. E. _yowlen_--Ice. _gaula_,
to howl; cf. Scot. _gowl_ and Eng. _yell_.]
YOWLEY, yow'li, _n._ the yellow-bunting.--Also YEL'DRING, YEL'DROCK,
YOR'LING, &c. [A.S. _geolu_, yellow.]
Y-POINTING, i-point'ing, _adj._ (_Milt._) pointing, looking up into the
air. [An erroneous formation, as the prefix y- was confined to the past
participle, and then, too, only or nearly always to words of Anglo-Saxon
origin.]
Y-RAVISH, i-rav'ish, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to ravish. [An erroneous formation.
Cf. _Y-pointing_.]
YSLAKED, an obsolete _pa.p._ of _slake_.
Y-TRACK. See Y.
YTTERBIUM, i-ter'bi-um, _n._ an element discovered by Marignac in
gadolinite.
YTTRIUM, it'ri-um, _n._ a rare metal obtained as a blackish-gray powder,
and contained in a few minerals in which there are usually also present
compounds of one or more other rare metals, such as cerium, didymium,
erbium, and lanthanum.--_n._ YTT'RIA, its oxide, a yellowish-white
powder.--_adjs._ YTT'RIC; YTTRIF'EROUS; YTT'RIOUS.--_ns._
YTT'RO-C[=E]'RITE, a violet mineral found embedded in quartz, a fluoride of
yttrium, cerium, and calcium; YTT'RO-COL'UMBITE, -TAN'TALITE, a brownish
mineral found at YTTERBY, a tantalate of yttrium, uranium, and iron, with
calcium. [From _Ytterby_, a town in Sweden, where it was first discovered.]
YUCCA, yuk'a, _n._ a genus of plants of natural order _Liliaceæ_, natives
of Mexico, &c., some cultivated in gardens on account of the singularity
and splendour of their appearance.--YUCCA GLORIOSA, a native of Virginia,
but quite hardy in England, the stem two or three feet high, its upper part
producing a great tuft or crown of large sword-shaped evergreen leaves,
each terminating in a sharp black spine. From the centre of this crown of
leaves rises the flower-stalk, three feet high, branching out into a large
panicle, the flowers white with a purple stripe. [West Indian name.]
YUCK, yuk, _v.i._ (_prov._) to itch.--_n._ the itch.--_adj._ YUCK'Y, itchy.
YUCKER, yuk'[.e]r, _n._ the American flicker or golden-winged woodpecker.
YUFTS, yufts, _n._ Russia leather.
YUGA, y[=oo]'ga, _n._ one of the Hindu ages of the world.--Also YUG.
[Sans.]
YULAN, y[=oo]'lan, _n._ a Chinese magnolia, with large white flowers.
[Chin.]
YULE, yool, _n._ the season or feast of Christmas.--_n._ YULE'TIDE, the
time or season of Yule or Christmas.--YULE LOG, the block of wood cut down
in the forest, then dragged to the house, and set alight in celebration of
Christmas. [A.S. _géol_, yule, _se ['æ]rra géola_, December; Ice. _jól_.
Not conn. either with Ice. _hjól_, wheel, or M. E. _youlen_, _yollen_, to
cry out or yawl.]
YUNX, yungks, _n._ the wry-neck.