Yockel
Yock´el, n. [Cf. Yokel.] (Zoöl.) The yaffle.
Yode, obs. imp. of Go. [OE. yode, yede, &yogh;ede, &yogh;eode, eode, AS. eóde, used as the imp. of gan to go; akin to Goth. iddja I, he, went, L. ire to go, Gr. ’ie•nai, Skr. i, ya. rad.4. Cf. Issue.] Went; walked; proceeded. [Written also yede.] See Yede.
"Quer [whether] they rade [rode] or yode." Cursor Mundi.
"Then into Cornhill anon I yode." Lydgate. { Yo´del, Yo´dle } v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Yodeled, Yodled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yodeling, Yodling.] [G. jodeln.] To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble. { Yo´del, Yo´dle }, n. A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.
Yoicks
Yo´icks, interj. (Hunting) A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.
Yoke (yok), n. [OE. yok, &yogh;oc, AS. geoc; akin to D. juk, OHG. joh, G. joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth. juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo, L. jugum, Gr. zy•gon, Skr. yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr., Skr. yui. rad.109, 280. Cf. Join, Jougs, Joust, Jugular, Subjugate, Syzygy, Yuga, Zeugma.]
1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
"A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke,
Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke." Pope. The modern yoke for oxen is usually a piece of timber hollowed, or made curving, near each end, and laid on the necks of the oxen, being secured in place by two bows, one inclosing each neck, and fastened through the timber. In some countries the yoke consists of a flat piece of wood fastened to the foreheads of the oxen by thongs about the horns.
2. A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape. Specifically: (a) A frame of wood fitted to a person’s shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as a milkmaid’s yoke. (b) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence. (c) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell. (d) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat’s rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships. (e) (Mach.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts. (f) (Arch.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain. (g) (Dressmaking) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.
3. Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
"Boweth your neck under that blissful yoke …
Which that men clepeth spousal or wedlock." Chaucer.
"This yoke of marriage from us both remove." Dryden.
4. A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.
"Our country sinks beneath the yoke." Shak.
"My yoke is easy, and my burden is light." Matt. xi. 30.
5. Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
"I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them." Luke xiv. 19.
6. The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen. [Obs.] Gardner.
7. A portion of the working day; as to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Neck yoke, Pig yoke. See under Neck, and Pig. — Yoke elm (Bot.), the European hornbeam ( Carpinus Betulus), a small tree with tough white wood, often used for making yokes for cattle.
Yoke, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Yoked p. pr. & vb. n. Yoking.]
1. To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.
2. To couple; to join with another. "Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers." 2 Cor. vi. 14.
"Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb." Shak.
3. To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
"Then were they yoked with garrisons." Milton.
"The words and promises that yoke
The conqueror are quickly broke." Hudibras.
Yokeage
Yoke´age, n. See Rokeage. [Local, U. S.]
Yokel
Yo´kel, n. [Perhaps from an AS. word akin to E. gawk.] A country bumpkin. [Eng.] Dickens.
Yold, obs. p. p. of Yield. Yielded. Spenser.
Yolden
Yold´en, obs. p. p. of Yield. Yielded.
Yolk (yolk or yok; 277), n. [OE. yolke, yelke, &yogh;olke, &yogh;elke, AS. geoloca, geoleca, fr. geolu yellow. See Yellow.] [Written also yelk.]
1. The yellow part of an egg; the vitellus.
2. (Zoöl.) An oily secretion which naturally covers the wool of sheep. Yolk cord (Zoöl.), a slender cord or duct which connects the yolk glands with the egg chambers in certain insects, as in the aphids. — Yolk gland (Zoöl.), a special organ which secretes the yolk of the eggs in many turbellarians, and in some other invertebrates. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Appendix. — Yolk sack (Anat.), the umbilical vesicle. See under Unbilical.
Yon (yon), a. [OE. yon, &yogh;on, AS. geon; akin to G. jener, OHG. jener, Icel. enn, inn; cf. Goth. jains. rad.188. Cf. Beyond, Yond, Yonder.] At a distance, but within view; yonder. [Poetic]
"Read thy lot in yon celestial sign." Milton.
"Though fast yon shower be fleeting." Keble.
Yond, adv. & a. [OE. yond, &yogh;ond, &yogh;eond, through, beyond, over, AS. geond, adv. & prep.; cf. Goth. jaind thither. rad.188. See Yon, a. ] Yonder. [Obs.] "Yond in the garden." Chaucer.
Yonder
Yon´der, adv. [OE. yonder, &yogh;onder; cf. OD. ginder, Goth. jaindr there. . See Yond, adv. ] At a distance, but within view.
"Yonder are two apple women scolding." Arbuthnot.
Yoni
Yo´ni, n. [Skr. yni.] (Hindoo Myth.) The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. Lingam.
Yonker
Yon´ker, n. [See Younker.] A young fellow; a younker. [Obs. or Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.
Yore (yor), adv. [OE. &yogh;ore, yare, &yogh;are, AS. geára;akin to geár a year, E. year. rad.204. See Year.] In time long past; in old time; long since. [Obs. or Poetic]
"As it hath been of olde times yore." Chaucer.
"Which though he hath polluted oft and yore,
Yet I to them for judgment just do fly." Spenser. Of yore, of old time; long ago; as in times or days of yore. "But Satan now is wiser than of yore." Pope.
"Where Abraham fed his flock of yore." Keble.
York use
York" use (Eccl.) The one of the three printed uses of England which was followed in the north. It was based on the Sarum use. See Use, n., 6. Shipley.
Yote (yot), v. t. [OE. &yogh;eoten, &yogh;eten, to pour, AS. geótan. See Found to cast.] To pour water on; to soak in, or mix with, water. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Grose.
"My fowls, which well enough,
I, as before, found feeding at their trough
Their yoted wheat." Chapman.
You (u), pron. [ Possess. Your (ur) or Yours (urz); dat. & obj. You.] [OE. you, eou, eow, dat. & acc., AS. eów, used as dat. & acc. of ge, ge, ye; akin to OFries. iu, io, D. u, G. euch, OHG. iu, dat., iuwih, acc., Icel. yðr, dat. & acc., Goth. izwis; of uncertain origin. rad.189. Cf. Your.] The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye.
"Ye go to Canterbury; God you speed." Chaucer.
"Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you
To leave this place." Shak.
"In vain you tell your parting lover You wish fair winds may waft him over." Prior. Though you is properly a plural, it is in all ordinary discourse used also in addressing a single person, yet properly always with a plural verb. "Are you he that hangs the verses on the trees, wherein Rosalind is so admired ?" Shak. You and your are sometimes used indefinitely, like we, they, one, to express persons not specified. "The looks at a distance like a new-plowed land; but as you come near it, you see nothing but a long heap of heavy, disjointed clods." Addison. "Your medalist and critic are much nearer related than the world imagine." Addison. "It is always pleasant to be forced to do what you wish to do, but what, until pressed, you dare not attempt." Hook. You is often used reflexively for yourself of yourselves. "Your highness shall repose you at the tower." Shak.
Young (yung), a. [ Compar. Younger (yun"ger); superl. Youngest (-gest).] [OE. yung, yong, &yogh;ong, &yogh;ung, AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juvaça, juvan. rad.281. Cf. Junior, Juniper, Juvenile, Younker, Youth.]
1. Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; — said of animals; as a young child; a young man; a young fawn.
"For he so young and tender was of age." Chaucer.
""Whom the gods love, die young," has been too long carelessly said; … whom the gods love, live young forever." Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
2. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as a young plant; a young tree.
"While the fears of the people were young." De Foe.
3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
"Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this." Shak.
Young one. A young human being; a child; also a young animal, as a colt.
Youngly
Young´ly, a. [AS. geonglic.] Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. [Obs.] Shak.
Youngness
Young´ness, n. The quality or state of being young.
Youngth, n. Youth. [Obs.]
"Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath." Spenser.
Youngthly
Youngth´ly, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, youth; youthful. [Obs.] Spenser.
Younker
Youn´ker, n. [D. jonker, jonkeer; jong young + heer a lord, sir, gentleman. See Young, a. ] A young person; a stripling; a yonker. [Obs. or Colloq.]
"That same younker soon was overthrown." Spenser.
Your (ur), pron. & a. [OE. your, &yogh;our, eowr, eower, AS. eówer, originally used as the gen. of ge, ge, ye; akin to OFries. iuwer your, OS. iuwar, D. uw, OHG. iuwer, G. euer, Icel. yðar, Goth. izwara, izwar, and E. you. rad.189. See You.] The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you. The possessive takes the form yours when the noun to which it refers is not expressed, but implied; as this book is yours. "An old fellow of yours." Chaucer.
Youth (uth), n. ; pl. Youths (uths; 264) or collectivelyYouth. [OE. youthe, youhþe, &yogh;uheðe, &yogh;uweðe, &yogh;eo&yogh;eðe, AS. geoguð, geogoð; akin to OS. jugð, D. jeugd, OHG. jugund, G. jugend, Goth. junda. rad.281. See Young.]
1. The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility. "In my flower of youth." Milton.
"Such as in his face Youth smiled celestial." Milton.
2. The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood.
"He wondered that your lordship
Would suffer him to spend his youth at home." Shak.
"Those who pass their youth in vice are justly condemned to spend their age in folly." Rambler.
3. A young person; especially, a young man.
"Seven youths from Athens yearly sent." Dryden.
4. Young persons, collectively.
"It is fit to read the best authors to youth first." B. Jonson.
Youthful
Youth´ful, a.
1. Not yet mature or aged; young. "Two youthful knights." Dryden. Also used figuratively. "The youthful season of the year." Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as youthful days; youthful sports. "Warm, youthful blood." Shak. "Youthful thoughts." Milton.
3. Fresh; vigorous, as in youth.
"After millions of millions of ages … still youthful and flourishing." Bentley.
Syn. — Puerile; juvenile. — Youthful, Puerile, Juvenile. Puerile is always used in a bad sense, or at least in the sense of what is suitable to a boy only; as puerile objections, puerile amusements, etc. Juvenile is sometimes taken in a bad sense, as when speaking of youth in contrast with manhood; as juvenile tricks; a juvenile performance. Youthful is commonly employed in a good sense; as youthful aspirations; or at least by way of extenuating; as youthful indiscretions. "Some men, imagining themselves possessed with a divine fury, often fall into toys and trifles, which are only puerilities." Dryden. "Raw, juvenile writers imagine that, by pouring forth figures often, they render their compositions warm and animated." Blair. — Youth´ful•ly, adv. — Youth´ful•ness, n.
Youthhood
Youth´hood, n. [AS. geoguðhad. See Youth, and -hood.] The quality or state of being a youth; the period of youth. Cheyne.
Youthly
Youth´ly, a. [AS. geoguðlic.] Young; youthful. [Obs.] "All my youthly days." Spenser.
Youze, n. [From a native East Indian name.] (Zoöl.) The cheetah.
Yowe, n. [See Ewe.] (Zoöl.) A ewe. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] G. Eliot.
Yowl, v. i. [See Yawl, v. i.] To utter a loud, long, and mournful cry, as a dog; to howl; to yell.
Yowl, n. A loud, protracted, and mournful cry, as that of a dog; a howl.
Yowley
Yow´ley, n. [Cf. Yellow.] (Zoöl.) The European yellow-hammer. [Prov. Eng.]
Yox, v. i. See Yex. [Obs.] Chaucer.