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town itself, in the course of the last ten years. The houses 
are in general good, and many of them are built of free-stone. 
It has an alms-house, under the governance of a custos 
and two wardens, chosen annually from the trustees, founded 
for the benefit of twelve poor persons of either sex, by Wil¬ 
liam Woburne, of London, a minor canon of St. Paul’s, who 
endowed it with an estate situate at Okeford Fitzpane, in the 
county of Dorset, and built a chapel tor the use of the alms- 
people, in which he ordained divine service to be performed 
every day. Its revenues have also been considerably increased 
by the bequests of different benefactors. The church of Yeovil 
is a handsome old building, of the lighter Gothic order, and 
is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. It consists of a nave, a 
large chancel, north and south side aisles, and a transept, all 
of which are covered with lead. The length of the whole is 
146 feet, and the breadth 50 : the transept measures 80 feet. 
At the west end of this church there is a large plain tower, 
the architecture of which corresponds with the generality of 
those within this county, which were built in the reign of 
Henry VI. It is 90 feet in height, and has a stone balustrade 
on the top. It contains a clock, and eight remarkably fine 
bells. The altar-piece is handsome ; it forms a portico, sup¬ 
ported by fluted pillars, surmounted by Corinthian capitals, 
with a rich entablature. Under the floor of the altar is a per¬ 
fect crypt, formerly used as a vestry, but now rarely noticed. 
Four spacious galleries have been lately added to this church, 
two of which are solely appropriated for the use of the poor; 
and they have been so judiciously erected, as not to detract 
from the general appearance of the building. There is a well 
endowed free-school in this town ; and there are several pri¬ 
vate institutions, established for the education and support of 
the poor, which are supported by the contributions of the in¬ 
habitants. There are four meetings for dissenters of different 
denominations, and also one for the society of Friends. The 
market-house is an extensive open building, supported by 
two rows of stone pillars. There are also rows of bulchers’ 
shambles. The market on Fridays is very considerable for all 
kinds of stock and provisions, and is a great resort for persons 
concerned in the flax trade. The town was formerly noted 
for its manufacture of woollen cloth, but its principal mart 
now is that of ladies’ gloves, in which particular branch it ex¬ 
ceeds any other place in the kingdom. It has a corporation, 
governed by a portreeve, who is chosen annually by the lord 
of the manor of the borough of Yeovil, from amongst the 
burgesses. The corporation exercises no jurisdiction beyond 
the management of its own funds. An alms-house for the 
support of four aged females, is attached to it. The town is 
well supplied with water, and the country around it isjich 
and pleasantly diversified. The fairs are held on the 28th of 
June, and 17th of November. Nine miles south-south-east of 
Somerton, and about 122 west-south-west of London. Po¬ 
pulation in 1811,3118. 
YEOVILTON, a parish of England, in Somersetshire; 2 
miles east of Ilchester. 
YEOWAII, a town of the Birman empire, situated on the 
west bank of the Irrawuddy river. Lat. 20. 55. N. long. 94. 
30. E. 
YEPES, a small town of the interior of Spain, in New Cas¬ 
tile ; 21 miles east of Toledo. 
YERABUENA, a port of Chili, in the province of Co- 
quimbo, formed in part by a long strip of land of the same 
name.—Also a port of Peru, in the province of Arica. Lat. 
17. 35. N. 
YERBAL, a small river of South America, in the vice¬ 
royalty of Buenos Ayres, which runs south, and enters the 
Rio Negro. 
YERES, the name of two small rivers of France. The one 
rises in the department of the Seine and Marne, and flows 
into the Seine above Paris; the other rises in the department 
of the Lower Seine, and falls into the English channel, at 
Creil. 
To YERK, v. a. [Of unknown etymology. Dr. John¬ 
son .—Probably of the same as jerk; hreckia, Icel. pulsare; 
jar he, pesferiens. Serehiusi] To throw out or move with 
a spring.—A leaping horse is said to yerh or strike out his 
hind legs, when he flings and kicks with his whole hind 
quarters, stretching out the two hinder legs near together, 
and even, to their full extent. Farrier's Diet. 
Their wounded steeds 
Fret fetlock deep in gore, and with wild rage 
Yerh out their armed heels at their dead masters. 
Shah sp care . 
To lash ; to strike; to beat. 
But that same fool, who most increased her pains, 
Was Scorne ; who having in his hand a whip, 
Her therewith pirhs. Spenser. 
How the freshmen will skip to hear one of those lines well 
laughed at, that they have been so often perked for! Echard. 
To YERK, v. n. To move as with jerks.—How she [the 
ship] kicks and perks ! Beaum. and FI. 
YERK, s. A quick motion. 
To YERN, v. a. See Yearn. 
YERNAGOODUM, a town of Hindostan, province of the 
Northern Circars. In the vicinity of this place there are fine 
forests of timber, which might be conveyed down the Wurda 
and Godavery rivers to the sea side, at a very moderate ex¬ 
pense. Lat. 16. 58. N. long. 81. 39. E. 
YERVILLE, a town of France, department of the Lower 
Seine ; 15 miles north-north-west of Rouen. Population 
1400. 
YES, adv. [gipe, Saxon.] A term of affirmation; the 
affirmative particle opposed to no. —Pray, Madam, are you 
married ?—Yes. More. —It is a word of enforcement: even 
so ; not only so, but more.—This were a fit speech for a ge¬ 
neral in the head of an army, when going to battle: pes, 
and it is no less fit speech in the head of a council, upon a 
deliberation of entrance into a war. Bacon. 
YEST, s. [gepc, Sax.] The foam, spume, or flower of 
beer in fermentation ; barm. 
Yeast and outward means do fail. 
And have no power to work on ale. Hudibras. 
The spume on troubled water; foam; froth.—Now the 
ship boring the moon with her main-mast, and anon swal¬ 
lowed with peast and froth, as you’d thrust a cork into a 
hogshead. Shakspeare. 
YE'STER, adj. [geptepn, jeptjian, Saxon; western. 
Germ.; hesternus, Lat.; old Engl, hestern: “ hestern- 
day,” Holinshed, Descr. of Ireland.] Being next before the 
present day. It is not often used but in composition with 
another word, as dap or night. 
Love might as well be sow’d upon our sands, 
As in a breast so barren : 
To love air enemy, the only one 
Remaining too, whom pester sun beheld 
MustTing her charms. Drpdcn. 
YESTER, a parish of Scotland, in East Lothian, about 3 
miles long and 2 broad. Population 1013. 
YE'STERDAY, s. [geftpaubseg, Saxon.] The day last 
past; the day next before to-day. 
Naked from the womb 
We pesterdap came forth ; and in the tomb 
Naked again we must to-morrow lie: 
Born to lament, to labour, and to die. Prior. 
YE'STERDAY, adv. On the day last past.—Martius 
gave us yesterday a representation of the empire of the Turks, 
with no small vigour of words. Bacon. 
YE'STERNIGFIT, s. The night before this night. 
YE'STERNIGHT, adv. On the night last past. 
Eleven hours I’ve spent to write it over; 
For yesternight by Cafesby was it sent me. Shakspeare. 
YE’STY, adj. [From the Sax. ypg, stormy. H. Tookej 
Frothy; spumy; foamy. 
Though you untie the winds, and let them fight 
Against the churches; though th zpesty waves 
Confound and swallow navigation up. Shakspeare. 
YET, conjunct, [gyc, jet, jeca, Saxon; the imperative 
of 
