Y A R 
half along a fine river, which falls into it. It is chiefly sup¬ 
ported by being the port for the immense quantities of porce¬ 
lain manufactured in the neighbouring city of Kinteching. 
It thus supports a great population. Lat. 29. N. long. 116. 
14. E. 
YAO-YAM, a town of China of the third rank, in Pe- 
chelee. 
To YAP, v. n. [a contraction of yelp, or yaulp, as it 
was formerly written.] To bark.—A voice not unlike the 
yapping of a cur. L'Estrange. 
YAPA, a settlement of Peru, in the province of Chacha- 
poyas. 
YAPE, a river of South America, in the province of Da¬ 
rien, which rises in the mountains of the interior, and run¬ 
ning from east to west, enters the Tuira. 
YAPEL, a settlement of Chili, in the province of Santiago. 
YAPEYA, an Indian settlement of the province of Buenos 
Ayres, on the west bank of the Uruguay. Lat. 29. 31. S. 
long. 56. 38. W. 
YAPEYU, a large settlement of Paraguay. Lat. 29. 28. S. 
YAPHAM, a township of England, East Riding of York¬ 
shire ; 2 miles north-north-west of Pocklington. 
YAPITINGO, a river of Brazil, in the province of Uheos, 
which runs east, and enters the bay. 
YAPO, a river of Brazil, in the province of San Vincente, 
which runs north, and enters the Paranapane. 
YAPTON, a parish of England, in Sussex; 3 miles south¬ 
west of Arundel. Population 512. 
YAPUI, a rapid river of South America, in the viceroyalty 
of Buenos Ayres, which enters the Paraguay from the west. 
YAQUARI, a small river of Paraguay, which runs west, 
and enters the Parana. 
YAQUE, a large and abundant river of St. Domingo, 
which rises in the mountains of Ciboo, runs north, and, on 
passing opposite the city of Santiago, turns its course to the 
west; then collecting the waters of all those which flow to 
the sea, disembogues itself in a very abundant stream on the 
north coast, forming a great mouth on the side of the Point 
of Monte Christi. Port St. Yaque is at the mouth of the 
above river. 
YAQUEACU, a river of Brazil, in the province of Per¬ 
nambuco, which runs south-south-east, and enters the At¬ 
lantic. 
YAQUEHIRI, a river of the Portuguese country along the 
banks of the Amazons, which runs from north to south, and 
enters the Parima. 
YAQUESON, Port, a port on the north coast of the 
island of St. Domingo, within the bay of Barbacoas. 
YAQUIA, a settlement of Peru, in the province of Con- 
ehucos. 
YAQUINI, a small river of Paraguay, which runs west 
and enters the Parana. 
YARACUY, a river of South America, in the province of 
Venezuela, and government of the Caraccas, which rises in 
the ridge of mountains to the east of Baraquisimieto, and en¬ 
ters the sea in the bay of Burburata, between Port Cabelio 
and the Point of Chiribiche. Its source is 40 leagues to the 
south of the river Aroa; but it only becomes navigable two 
leagues east of St. Philip. It is then very convenient for 
conveying the produce raised in the vallies of St. Philip, and 
in the plains of Barquisimieto, which is sent by sea to Porto 
Cabelio, the nearest port. 
YARAPAZI, a small river of the Portuguese country 
along the Amazons, which rises between the Amazons and 
the Caqueta, and enters the former, near the junction of the 
Caqueta. 
YARAUCA, an arm of the river Amazons, which enters 
by the south side, and forms the island of Guaricura. 
YARBA. See Jarra. 
YARBOROUGH, a parish and hamlet of England, in 
Lincolnshire. 
YARCOMBE, or Yarticombe, a parish of England, in 
Devonshire; 8 miles north-east of Honiton. Population 708. 
YARCUND, a city of Cashgar, in that part of Chinese Tar¬ 
tary which goes commonly by the name of Little Bucharia. 
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It is situated on the eastern side of that great range of moun¬ 
tains which extends northwards from the Himalleh, and di¬ 
vides Chinese from Independent Tartary. Being placed at 
the point where those mountains are usually crossed by the 
caravans, it has become a kind of emporium for the inland 
trade of Asia. As the environs are also fertile, the city is very 
large ; it is built of brick dried in the sun, and defended by 
a strong castle. The Russians carry on some commercial in¬ 
tercourse with Yacund ; but it is not frequented by any other 
Europeans. A river, bearing the name of the city, passes by, 
and flows eastward to the lake of Lop. 
YARD, s. [geapb, Saxon.] Inclosed ground adjoining 
to an house.—One of the lions leaped down into a neighbour’s 
yard , where, nothing regarding the crowing of the cocks, he 
eat them up. Brown .—[gepb, Saxon.] A measure of 
three feet.—A peer, a counsellor, and a judge, are not to be 
measured by the common yard, but by the pole of special 
grace. Bacon .—.The supports of the sails. 
A breeze from shore began to blow ; 
The sailors ship their oars, and cease to row ; 
Then hoist their yards a-trip, and all their sails 
Let fall to court the wind. Dry den. 
YA'RDLAND, s. A quantity of land, various, according 
to the place; as, at Wimbledon in Surrey it is but fifteen 
acres; in other counties, twenty; in some, twenty-four; in 
some, thirty ; and in others, forty acres. Cowel. 
YARDLEY, two parishes of England, one in Hertford¬ 
shire, the other in Worcestershire. Population of the former 
563 ; of the latter 1918. 
YARDLEY, Gobions, a hamlet of England, in North¬ 
amptonshire; 5 miles east-south-east of Towcester. Popu¬ 
lation 508. 
YARDLEY, Hastings, a parish in the above county; 8 
miles east south-east of Northampton. Population 784. 
YA'RDWAND, s. A measure of a yard.—All the revo¬ 
lutions in nature can give it nothing more than different de¬ 
grees of dimensions. What affinity has thinking with such 
attributes ? no more than there is between a syllogism and a 
yardwand. Collier. 
YARE, ad), [geappe, Saxon; from geappian, or gyppau, 
to prepare. Air. II. Toolce .] Ready; dextrous; nimble; 
eager. 
Yare, yare, good Iros, quick ;—methinks I hear 
Antony call. Shakspeare. 
I do desire to learn. Sir; and I hope, if you have occasion 
to use me for your turn, you shall find me yare. Shakspeare. 
—The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is 
yare ■. whereas the greater is slow. Ralegh. 
YARE, a river of England, in Norfolk, which rises near 
the north-west part of the county, and passes by Norwich, 
whence it is navigable to Yarmouth, below which it falls into 
the German ocean. 
YARE, a settlement of the Caraccas, in the province of 
Venezuela, on the shore of the river Tuy. 
YARFORD, a hamlet of England, in the parish of King¬ 
ston, Somersetshire. 
YA'RELY, adv. Dextrously; skilfully. 
The silken tackles 
Swell with the touches of those flower-soft hands 
That yarely frame the office. Shakspeare. 
YARI, a river of the Portuguese territory, along the Ama¬ 
zons, which runs south-east, and enters the Amazons, in Lat. 
0, 49. S. 
To YARK. See To Yerk. 
YARKHILL, or Yarcle, a parish of England, in Here¬ 
fordshire. 
YARLESIDE, a township of England, in Lancashire, 
near Ulverstone. Population 403. 
YARLINGTON, a parish of England, in Somersetshire; 
3f miles west of Wincanton. 
YARM, or Yaurm, a market town of England, in the 
North Riding of Yorkshire. It consists chiefly of one main 
street, running north and south, which is spacious and open ; 
but 
