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YA'WNING, adj. Sleepy; slumbering. 
Ere to black Hecat’s summons 
The shard-born beetle, with his drowsy hums. 
Hath rung night’s yawning peal, there shall be done 
A deed of dreadful note. Shakspeare. 
YAXHAM, a parish of England, in Norfolk. Popula¬ 
tion 468. 
YAXLEY, a small but neat town of England, in the county 
of Huntingdon. It is-situated near the river Nen, in the 
fenny country, but on a fine gravelly eminence, commanding 
a beautiful view of the surrounding country. It is in general 
well built, and has a handsome Gothic church, with a lofty 
spire. Barracks were erected here on a very liberal and ex¬ 
cellent plan, for the security of French prisoners, who were 
confined here during the late war: they are capable of con¬ 
taining 7000 or 8000 men. The market, which was on 
Wednesday, is now disused; but there is still a fair on Holy 
Thursday ; 2 miles north-east of Stilton, and 73 north-by¬ 
west of London. Population 1391. 
YAXLEY, a parish of England, in Suffolk ; If mile west- 
by-north of Eye. 
YAYNANGHEOM, atown of the Birman empire, situated 
on the eastern bank of the Irrawuddy river. Its only manu¬ 
facture is earthen pots, but it carries on a very considerable 
traffic. Five miles east of this town are situated the cele¬ 
brated petroleum wells, which supply the whole of this 
kingdom with that useful production of nature. The go¬ 
vernment farm out the ground that supplies this extraordinary 
oil, and the renter digs the well, and draws it at his own 
risk and expense. It is used for lamps, and all the other 
purposes of wood or train oil, and is sold very cheap. Lat. 
20. 28. N. long. 94. 35. E. 
YAZEC, a small river of Brazil, which runs north, be¬ 
tween the rivers Gorbal and Yutay, and enters the Amazons. 
YAZECHE, a settlement of Mexico, in the district of Vil- 
lalta; 300 miles from Mexico. 
YAZER, a parish of England, in Herefordshire; 8| miles 
from Hereford. 
YAZONA, a settlement of New Spain, in the district of 
Villalta, containing 190 Indian families; 300 miles from 
Mexico. 
YAZOO, or Yasoo River, in Georgia West Territory, 
consists of three large branches, which united, pursue a 
south-west course a few miles, and the confluent stream enters 
the east bank of the Mississippi, by a mouth upwards of 100 
yards wide; according to Mr. Gauld, in Lat. 32. 37. N.; 
and by Mr. Purcell in 32. 38. N. 
YAZU, a settlement of Peru, in the province of Canta. 
YBAICHALVAL, a river in the north-east of Spain, 
which falls into the Bay of Biscay. 
YBICUY, a parish of Paraguay, about 55 miles south-east 
of Assumption. Lat. 26. 0. S. long. 57. 1. W. 
YBITIMIRI, a parish of Paraguay. Lat. 25. 45. S. long. 
56. 53. W. 
YCAQUE, the north point of the bay of Mancenilla, in 
the island of St. Domingo. 
YCHLAWRCOED, a parish of England, in Monmouth¬ 
shire, near Newport. Population 632. 
YCLA'D, part, for clad. Clothed. 
Her sight did ravish, but her grace in speech. 
Her words yclad with wisdom’s majesty, 
Make me from wond’ring fall to weeping joys. Skakspeare. 
YCLE'PED. [The participle passive of clepe, to call; 
clepan, Saxon; with the increasing particle y, which was 
used in the old English in the preterites and participles, from 
the Saxon ge.] Called; termed; named. 
But come, thou goddess, fair and free. 
In heaven yc/ep'd Euphrosyne, 
And by men, heart-easing mirth. Milton. 
YDRA'D, part. pass, of to dread. —Yet nothing did he 
dread, but ever was ydrad. Spenser. 
YE. The nominative plural of thou. —Ye are they which 
justify yourselves. St. Luke. 
YE, a town of China, of the third rank, in Honan. 
YEA, adv. [ea, or gea, Saxon; ja, Danish, German, 
and Dutch.] Yes. A particle of affirmation; meaning, it 
is so, or is it so?— Yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of 
every tree in the garden. Genesis. —Let your conversation 
be yea, yea ; nay, nay. St. Matt. 
Why do disputes in wrangling spend the day ? 
Whilst one says only yea, and t’other nay. Denham. 
A particle by which the sense is intended or enforced : not 
only so, but more than so.—I am weary; yea, my memory 
is tir’d. Shakspeare. —From these Philippine are brought 
costly spices, yea, and gold too. Abbot. —All the promises 
of God are yea, and amen; that is, are verified, which is 
the importance of yea, and confirmed, which is meant by 
amen, into an immutability. Hammond. 
YEACOS, Punta de, or Point Jacks, a cape on the 
north coast of the island of Cuba. Lat. 23. 29. N. long. 
80. 25. W. 
YEACOS, Punta de, a cape on the south of the island 
of Cuba. Lat. 19. 59. N. long. 78. 51. W. 
To YEAD, or Yede, v. n. preterite yode. [This word 
seems to have been corruptly formed from geob, the Saxon 
preterite of gan.] To go; to march. Obsolete. 
They wander at will, and stay at pleasure. 
And to their folds yeade at their own leisure. Spenser. 
Then bad the knight this lady yede aloof, 
And to an hill herself withdraw aside, 
From whence she might behold that battle’s proof. 
And eke be safe from danger far descry’d. Spenser. 
Yet for she yode thereat half aghast. 
And Kiddy the door sparred after her fast. Spenser. 
That same mighty man of God, 
That bloud red billows like a walled front, 
On either side disparted with his rod, 
Till that his army dry-foot through them yod. Spenser. 
YEADON, a township of England, West Riding of York¬ 
shire; 6 miles north-north-east of Bradford. Population 
1954. 
YEALMTON, or Yalmton, a parish of England, in 
Devonshire; 4 miles south-east of Plympton Earls. Popu¬ 
lation 1051. 
To YEAN, v. n. [eaman, Saxon.] To bring young. 
Used of sheep. 
This I scarcely drag along. 
Who yeaning on the rocks has left her young. Dry den. 
YE'ANED, part. adj. Brought forth as a lamb. 
I love thee better than the careful ewe 
The new yean'd lamb. Fletcher. 
YE'ANLING, s. The young of sheep. 
All the yeanlings which were streak’d and pied. 
Should fall as Jacob’s hire. Shakspeare. 
YEANSTON, a hamlet of England, in the parish of Hen- 
stridge, Somersetshire. 
YEAR, s. [geaji, Sax.] If one by the word year mean 
twelve months of thirty days each, i. e. three hundred and 
sixty days; another intend a solar year of three hundred 
sixty-five days; and a third mean a lunar year, or twelve 
lunar months, i. e. three hundred fifty-four days, there will 
be a great variation and error in their account of things, un¬ 
less they are well apprized of each other’s meaning. Watts. 
With the year 
Seasons return, but not to me returns 
Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn. Milton. 
It is often used plurally, without a plural termination.—I 
fight not once in forty year. Shakspeare. —In the plural, 
old age. 
Some mumble-news, 
That smiles his cheek in years, and knows the trick 
To make my lady laugh when she’s dispos’d, 
Told our intents. Shakspeare. 
YEARBOOK, s. The reports from the reign of king 
Edward the Second inclusive to that of Henry the Eighth, 
were 
