yarrow 
The Upper Part of the Stem with the Heads of Yarrow {Achillea 
Mitie/jliiitn). a, head ; ^.disk-flower; c, ray-flower. 
yaxwhelp {yiir'hwelp), n. [Also yarwhip, yard- 
keep: see quot.] Agochvit — either the blaek- 
tailed, Limosa xgocephala, or the bar-tailed, L. 
lapponica. [Prov. Eng.] 
A yarwftelp, 80 thought to be iiametl from its note. 
Brou-ne^ Birds of Norfolk. 
yarwhip (yiir'hwip), n. Same as yanchelp. 
yashmaK (yash'mak), n. [Ar.] The veil worn 
by Moslem women in public — that is, when 
not in their own apartments. 
The yathmak is a »ort of double veil. The first brouglit 
round the foreliead and Kathered neatly up behind and on 
the head ; the second, pinned on behind to the first, falls 
■ufficiently iu front to uncover the eyes. 
E. Sartoriwi, In tlie Soudan, p. 19. 
A bevy of Turkish women, who, in tlieir white i/aih- 
maku, shone like a bed of lilies. Scribner'n Maff., IV. 276. 
yatt (yat), n. An obsolete form of r/rtffl. 
yataghan (yat'a-gan), n. [Also ataghaii, and 
formerly attmjhan; < Turk, yatatjdii.'] The 
sword of Mohammedan na- 
tions, peculiar in having no 
guard and no cro.sspiece, but 
usually a large and often deco- 
rative pommel. A common form 
has a straiglit back and ttie edge curv- 
ing, first concavely, then convexly, 
and again backward to the point; an- 
other form follow-t the same general 
•hape, but has the back slii^htly curved 
to correspond to tlie ediie ; and a tliird 
la curved in one direction only, with 
the edge on the convex side. 
The pistol and yataghan worn in the 
belt, a general costume essHntiiilly the 
same as that of the Montenegrin. 
E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 198. 
yate (yat), w. An obsolete or 
dialectal form of t/iitc^. 
And if he chaunce come when I am 
al)ro:Mle, 
Sperre the jiate fast, for feare of 
fraude. Sjteiuter, Sliep. Cal., May. 
yate-stoop (yat'stop), ». A 
gate-post. Halliwell. [Prov. 
Enc-I 
yate-tree (yat'tre), n. A gum- 
tree, Eucah/ptu.i cnrniita. of 
southwestern Australia, yield- 
ing a tough elastic wood con- 
sidered equal to ash and used 
for similar purposes. The fl.it- 
topped yate-tree, E. occidentalig, is an allied and equally 
valuable tree o( the same region. Von Mueller, .Select 
Extra-trop. Plunts. 
yaud (yad), «. A Scotch form of jrtrffi. 
The Murray, on the aulil gray yawl, 
Wi' winged .spurs did ride. 
BuriDi, Election Itallads, Iv, 
I will content me with . . . the haunch and thenom- 
bles [of venison), and e'eti heave up the rest on tlie old 
oak-tree yonder, anil come back for it with one of the 
yaudt. Scott, Monastery, xvii. 
yaul, n. See yatrl^. 
yauld, o. See ynht^. 
yaumering, ». See yammerinti. 
yaup' (yap), r. and w. 1. A dialectal form of 
^ilj). — 2. The blue titmouse, Piiriis eseruletts, 
more fully called blue yd up. [Prov. Eng.] 
yaup'^ (yap), >'• '• [Also yitp. yape, yaip; prob. 
a particular use of yiipe for !i(ipe.'\ To be hun- 
gry. [Scotch and prov. Eng.] 
yaup'-^ (yap), a. [Perhaps for *uyaup, var. of 
aijape,] Hungry. [Scotch.] 
Yat.-xtjhan. North Af- 
rican tytie. 
Toil 
yaupon (ya'pon), v. Same as yapon, 
yavet. A Middle English form of gave^ preterit 
of give^. 
yaw^ (ya), r. [Cf . Norw. gaf/cty bend backward, 
< gagr (= leel. gagr, bent back) ; G. dial, gagctt, 
rock, move unsteadily.] I, iu trans. To go 
unsteadily; bend or deviate from a straight 
course: chiefly nautical. 
To (liviJe liini inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic 
of memory, and yet butyrtic neither, in respect of his quick 
sail. Shak., Hamlet, v. 2. 120. 
She steered wild, yawed, and decreased in her i-ate of 
sailing. Man-yat, Frank MiUlniay, xx. (Davieg.) 
The language [German] has such a fatal genius for going 
stern foremost, for yawing, and for not rainding the IieUn 
without some ten minutes' notice iu advance, th:it he must 
be a great sailor indeed who can safely make it the vehicle 
for anything but iuiperishable commodities. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 293. 
The sun flashed on her streaming ebony black sides as 
she yawed to the great ocean swell that chased her. 
W, C. liussell, Sailor's Sweetheart, v. 
H. trans. To move aside; move from one side 
to the other. [Rare.] 
My eyes ! how she [a mare] did pitch ! . . . 
And yatv'd her head about all sorts of ways. 
Hood, Sailor's Apology for Bow-legs. 
yaw^ (ya), n. [< y^ici, v.] Kaut., a temporary 
deviation of a ship or vessel from the direct line 
of her course. 
O, the yaws that she will make ! 
Fletcher and Massinger, A Very Woman, iii. 5. 
He did not see a liglit just before us, which had been 
hid I)y the studding-sails from the man at the helm, but 
by an accidental yaw of the ship was discovered. 
B. Franklin, Autobiography, p. 264. 
A veryred-faceil, thick-lipped countryman, . . . as soon 
as the Prince hailed him, jovially, if somewhat thickly, 
answered. At the same time he gave a beery yaw in the 
saddle. R. h. Stevenson, Prince Otto, i. 4. 
yaw'-^ (ya). «. [Said to be from African mow, a 
raspberry.] 1. One of the tubercles charac- 
teristic of the disease known as yaws. 
In some cases a few yaw8 will show themselves long 
after the primary attack is over ; these are called "memba 
yaws" {{Torn "remember"). Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 732. 
2. A thin or defective place in cloth. 
yaw'"^ (7a)* ^'' «. [^ ydtc^, «.] To rise in blisters, 
l>reaking in white froth, as cane-juice in the 
sugar-works. 
yawd (yad). n. A Scotch form otjade^. 
yawey (ya'i), a. [< yau-'^ + -ey.] Pertaining 
to or characteristic of the yaws. 
That yaws is a communicable disease is l>eyond ques- 
tion ; but that it has always arisen by conveyance of 
yawey matter from a previous case is neither proved nor 
probable. Encyc. Brit, XXIV. 732. 
yawl^ (yal), r. i. [Also yowl; formerly also 
yoie and gowl; < ME. gouleu, < leel. gatila = LG. 
gaueln = G. Jaideu, howl, yell; an imitative 
word, like howl; it may be regarded as a more 
sonorous form of ycld.'] To cry out; howl; 
yell. 
He hurtez of the houndez, & thay 
Ful gonierly .jaule & gelle. 
Sir Qawayne- ami the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), I. 1451. 
My little legs still crossing 
His : either kicking this way, that way sprawling, 
Or, if bee but remov'd me, straitwales yauling. 
Heywood, Dialogues (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 201). 
Then yelp'd the cur, and yaui'd the cat. 
Tennyson, The Goose. 
yawF (y&l), n. [Sometimes also yanl ; < MD. 
*joU€ (in dim. jollekcn), \y.jol, a yawl, skiff, = 
Dan. joUe = Sw. juUe, a yawl, jolly-boat. Cf. 
jolly-boat.'] 1. A ship's small boat, usually 
rowed by four or six oars; a jolly-boat. — 2, 
The smallest boat used by fishermen. See cut 
under rowlock. — 3. A sail-boat or small yacht 
of the cutter class, with a jigger and short main- 
boom. 
yawn (yan), r. [Early mod. E. yane^ dial. 
gauiu goan ; < ME. sanon, ^onen, ganen^ go- 
neit^ < AS. gdnion = LG. Janen = OHG. gcinon, 
MHG. geinen, yawn ; a secondary form, parallel 
to AS. ginian = OHG. gincn, MHG. gincn, gettett, 
G. gdhneHj yawn ; both being derived from a 
strong verb, AS. ginan (pret. *gdn), in comp. 
to-ginen, gape apart, = Icel. gina, gape: see 
further under begin. The form yawn, < AS. gd- 
nian, instead of *yone (yon), is irreg., but is 
parallel with broad (brod), < AS. brad. The 
initial y for g is also irregular; it is prob. duo 
to an AS. var. ^gcdnian. or to conformation with 
yavc for gave, etc.] I, intrant. 1. To gape; 
open; stand wide. 
Tlien from the yauming wound witli fury tore 
The spear, pursu'd by gushing streams of gore. 
Poi)e, Iliad, xii. 471). 
Crowds that stream from yawning doors. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, Ixx. 
ychone 
The cracks and rents that had fissured tlieir [the kilns') 
walls, fiom the fierce heat that once blazed within, were 
yawning hideously. Geikie, Geol. Sketches, i. 
Specifically — 2. To open the mouth wide, (o) 
Voluntarily. 
The crocodiles not oidy know the voice of the priests 
when tliey call unto them, and endure to be handled and 
stroked by them, but also yawn and otter their teeth unto 
them to be picked and cleansed with their hands. 
Ilvllaml, tr. of Plutarch, p. 794. 
(b) Involuntarily, as through drow.sintss or dullness; 
gape; oscitate. Vompnrc yaivning. 
When a man yawneth he cannot hear so well. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 283. 
At every line they stretch, they yawn, they doze. 
Pope, Dunciad, ii. 390. 
And, leaning back, he yawned and fell asleep, 
Lulled by tlie chant monotonous and deep. 
Longfellotv, Wayside Inn, Tlie SiuiUan's Tale. 
3. To gape, as in hunger or thirst for some- 
thing; hence, to be eager; long. 
The chiefest thing which lay-reformers yawn for is that 
the clergy may through conformity in state and condition 
be apostolical, poor as the Apostles of Christ were poor. 
Ilooker, Eccles. Polity, Pref., iv. § ;'. 
4. To be open-mouthed with surprise, bewilder- 
ment, etc.; be agape. 
To yawn, be still, and wonder, 
When one but of my ordinance stood up 
To speak of peace or war. Shak., Cor., iii. 2. 11. 
II. trans. 1. To open; form by opening. 
[Rare.] 
Tlie groaning Earth began to reel and shake, 
A horrid Thunder in her bowels rnmldes, . . . 
Tearing her Rocks, VntiU she Vawn a way 
To let it out, and to let-in the Day. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Lawe. 
2. To express or utter with a yawn, 
"Heigho," yatnied one day King Francis, 
" Distance all value enhances !" 
Broicning, The Glove. 
yawn (yan), n. [< yawn, v.'] 1. The act of gap- 
ing or opening wide. 
Sometimes with a mighty yawn, 'tis said. 
Opens a dismal jiassage to the dead. 
Addison, tr. from Silius Italicus's Punicorum, ii. 
2. An involuntary opening of the mouth from 
drowsiness; oscitation. See yawniiig. 
From every side (hey hurried in, 
Rubbing their sleepy eyt'S with lazy wrists. 
And doubling overhead their little lists 
In backwani yawns. Keats, Endymion, ii. 
The family is astir ; and member after member appears 
with the morning yawn. 
C. D. Warner, Ba^-klog Studies, p. 20. 
3. An opening; a chasm. Marston. 
But .June is full of invitations sweet, 
Forth from the chimney's yawn and thrice-read tomes. 
Loivell, Under the Willows. 
Through the yawns of the back-door, and sundry rents 
in the logs of the house, filter in, unweai iedly, fine par- 
ticles of snow, S. Judd, Margaret, i. 17. 
yawner (ya'ner), n. One who yawns. 
yawning (yii'ning), n. [Verbal n. of yawn, v.] 
Gaping; oscitation; the taking of a deep in- 
spiration, followed liy a slight pause, and then 
a prolonged expiration, the mouth being more 
or less widely open. The act is reflex and involuntjiry 
in character, thout^li it can often be partially repressed by 
a strong e'tort of tlie will. It is the physioloj^icnl expres- 
sion of fatigue and of a desire to sleep, but is also excitt d 
by insufficient oxygenation of thebluod, and occurs there- 
fore in conditions of lowered vitality, iu the prodromal 
stage of many diseases, and after profuse losses of blood. 
The sight of another person yawning is also provocative 
of the act. 
yawningly (ya'ning-li), adv. In a yawning 
manner; with yawns or gapes. 
Ye . . . that leaning upon your idle elbow yau-ningly 
patter out those prayers, 
Bp. Hall, Tlio Hypocrite, Sermon on 2 Tim. iii. 5. 
Many were merely .ittraotcd by a new f.ice, nnd, Iniv- 
ing stared me full in the title-patre, walked off without 
saying a word ; while others lingered yawningly through 
the preface, and, Imving gratified their sliort-Jived curi- 
osity, soon dropped oft one by one. 
IrHng, Knickerbocker, p. 358. 
yawp (yap), r. andw. A dialectal form otyvlp. 
yaws (yaz), «. pi. [Pi. of yaw-.] A conta- 
gions disease of the skin, endemic in many 
tropical regions: same asframha'sia. 
yaw-weed (ya'wed), n. A slirubby West Indian 
plant, Morinda lioyoc, used as a remedy for the 
yaws or frambocsia. 
Yb. In chcm., the symbol for ytterbium. 
Y. B. An abbreviation otytar-hook. 
Y-branch (wi'branch), )/. See branch, 2 (c). 
Y-cartilage (wi'kiir'^ti-laj), n. The ypsiliform 
cartilage uniting' tlie ilium, ischium, and pubis 
at the acetabulum, ossified about the age of 
ptiberty. 
ychonet, ychoonet. Middle English forms of 
each one. 
With niyrtiie and with mynstrasye tlui plcpeden hir 
ychoone. Pi^rs Plowman (A), iii. 98. 
