YEA 



YEL 



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cines, before a good foundation for 

 healing can be laid by any exter- 

 nal applications. 



" The lips of the wound being 

 brought together by the needle or 

 bandage, it needs only to be cover- 

 ed with rags dipped in brandy, or a 

 pledget of tow spread with the 

 wound ointment, and the wounded 

 part kept as much as possible from 

 motion. 



" Remember to dress all the 

 wounds of the joints, tendons, and 

 membranous parts, with terebin 

 thinate medicines : To which may 

 be added honey and tincture of 

 myrrh ; and avoid all greasy ap- 

 plications whatever. Fomentations 

 and poultices are also generall} 

 here of great use ; the former thiri 

 and attenuate the impacted fluids, 

 greatly promote a free perspiration 

 of the limb, and facilitate the un 

 loading the surcharge of the ves- 

 sels, by quickening the motion of 

 the fluids ; while the latter, by re- 

 laxing the vessels, abate their ten 

 sion, and relieve the obstruction 

 by promoting digestion." — Bart- 

 let^s Farriery. 



Y. 



YARD, a measure of three feet. 



YARD, a small enclosure for 

 cattle. See the article Barn Yard. 



YEAR, the time the sun takes 

 to go through the twelve signs of 

 the zodiac. 



YEAST. Dr. Mease recom 

 mends yeast made after the follow- 

 ing recipe, as preferable to any 

 other kittd. 



Boil twelve clean washed, mid- 



dle sized potatoes ; and at the same 

 time, boil, in another vessel, a 

 handful of hops in a quart of wa- 

 ter ; peel and mash the potatoes 

 in a marble mortar, pour part of 

 the hop water while hot upon the 

 potatoes, mix them well, and pass 

 them through a sieve ; then add the 

 remainder of the hop-water, and 

 half a tea cup full of honey, beat all 

 well, and add a small portion of 

 leaven to bring on the fermenta- 

 tion. Put the whole in a stone 

 jug, and set it by the fire, (in the 

 winter.) All the utensils must be 

 scalded every time they are used, 

 and washed perfectly clean. One 

 tea cup full of the above potatoe 

 yeast will answer for two quarts of 

 flour. In summer the yeast ought 

 to be made every second day. — 

 Domestic Encyclopedia. 



YELLOW WEED, meadow 

 crow foot, Ranunculus. 



This weed is known in England 

 by the names, king cob, king cup, 

 gold cups, gold knobs, butter cups, 

 and butter flowers. The flowers, 

 which appear in June, and are of a 

 bright yellow colour, give our mow- 

 ing lands and pastures a very gay 

 appearance. It is of a very hot 

 and acrid nature, and is eaten in its 

 green state by neither neat cattle 

 nor horses. Therefore, the opinion 

 of its increasing the yellowness of 

 butter in summer is groundless. 

 See the article Weeds. This weed, 

 when dried, is so good fodder, that 

 hungry cattle seldom leave any 

 part of it. 



YELLOWS, a disease incident 

 to horses and neat cattle, more 

 properly called the jaundice. The 

 vulgar name of this disease in neat 



