Yiddish (yidish)

and n. [ II. n. A dialect or jargon spoken by the Jews in various localities. yew. Tubal (with his Yew And ready quiver) did a Boar pursue. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Handy-Crafts. Wing'd arrows from the twanging yew . Gay, The Fan, i. American yew, specifically, Taxus Can a dens is, or, as often cla ified. T. baccata, variety Can a dens is, a prostrate shrub with straggling branches, common in dark woods; ground-hemlock. There are three other American yews, for which see short - leafed yew and Taxus. - California yew, the short-leafed yew. - Golden yew, Irish yew. See def. 1.- Japan yew, a tree of the genus Cephalotazus, There is also in Japan. See Taxus. Mexican yew, Taxus globosa. - Short-leafed yew, Taxus brevi folia, of Pacific North America, a not abundant tree, at its best from 50 to 70 feet high. Its wood is hard, heavy, and very fine-grained, susceptible of a beautiful polish, and very durable in contact with the soil; it is used for fence posts, and by the Indians for paddles, bows, etc. Sargent. - Stinking yew. See stink. Western yew, the short leafed yew.Yew family, the suborder Taxaceæ of the Conifer a. yew2 (yö), n. [Origin obscure.] A jug or jar having a handle extending over the mouth. [Early mod. E. also yeeld ; yelden , n, zelden (pret. yald , yolde, pp. yolden, zolden), geld an , gild an, gyldan , gieldan (pret. geald , pl. guldon , pp. golden ), give up, pay, yield, restore, = OS. geld an = OFries. jelda = D. gelden = OHG. gelt an , MHG. G. gelten Icel. gjalda = Sw. gälla = Dan. gjelde , be worth, be of consequence, avail, = Goth. * gild an , in comp. fragildan (=AS. for geld an ), pay back, usgildan (=AS. āgeld an ), pay back. Cf. Lith. galeti , be able, have power; W. gallu , be able. Hence ult. gild2 , guilt.] I. trans. 11. To give in payment; pay; repay; reward; requite; recompense. Lord, what may i for that zylde the? God yelde the, frend. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 195. Chaucer, Troilus, i. 1055. Feire lady, with goode will, and gramercy of youre seruyse; and God graunte me power that I may yow this guerdon yelde . Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 227. King. How do you, pretty lady? Oph . Well, God ' ild you! Shak ., Hamlet, iv. 5. 41. In hast them per our hendely his gretyng him zeldes, and a-non rizttes after askes his name. William of Palerne (E. E. T. 8.), L. 235. Nathele Poliphemus, wood for his blynde visage, yald to Ulixes joy by his sorwful teeres. Chaucer, Boëthius, iv. meter 7. Doubtle Burgundy will yield him help, And we shall have more wars before 't be long. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., iv. 6. 90. Where the holy Trinity did first yelde it-selfe in sensible apparition to the world. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 104. And slowly was my mother brought To yield consent to my desire. Tennyson, Miller's Daughter. 5. To give up, as to a superior power or authority; quit po e ion of, as through compulsion, nece ity, or duty; relinquish; resign; surrender: often followed by up. To zelde his loue haue y no mygte, But loue him hertili therfore. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. 8.), p. 11. The people were so ouersette with their enemies that man ye of them were as yolden , and tooke partie againe their owne neighboures. Fabyan , Chron. (ed. 1559), I. 62 The fierce lion will hurt no yielden things. Wyatt, To His Lady, Cruel over Her Yielding Lover. Generals of armies, when they have finished their work, are wont to yield up such commi ions as were given them for that purpose. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, viii. 4. My life, I do confe , is hers; She gives it; and let her take it back; I yield it. Fletcher (and another ), Sea Voyage, iv. 2 ... 6. To give up or render generally. The thef zelte hym creaunt to Cryst on the cro e. Piers Plowman (B), xii. 193. If it is bad to yield a blind submi ion to authority, it is not le an error to deny to it its reasonable weight. Gladstone, Might of Right, p. 245. Life to yield, To give it up to heal no city's shame In hope of gaining long-enduring fame. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 318. 7. To admit the force, justice, or truth of; allow; concede; grant. Pensive I yeeld I am, and sad in mind, Through great desire of glory and of fame. Spenser, F. Q., IL. ix. 38. "Tis a grievous case this, I do yield , and yet not to be despaired. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 651. I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. Milton , P. L, xi. 526. This was the fourth man that we lost in this Land Journey; for those two men that we left the day before yielded them also for lost. Dampier, Voyages, L. 17. did come to us till we were in the North Seas, so we Toyed or yield up the breath. Same as to yield up the ghost. O thou, whose wounds become hard-favour'd death, Speak to thy father ere thou yield thy breath! Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iv. 7. 24. To yield up the ghost. See ghost . = Syn. 3. To supply, render.-7. To accord. II. in trans. 1. To produce; bear; give a return for labor: as, the tree yields abundantly: the mines yielded better last year.-2. To give way, as to superior physical force, to a con 3. To give way, in a moral sense, as to en- treaty, argument, or a request; cease opposing; comply; consent; a ent. Ne hadde I er now, my swete herte deere, Ben yolde , ywis I were now noght here. Chaucer , Troilus, iii. 1211. But at last, vpon much intreatie, hee yeelded to let him go to the General. Hakluyt's Voyages, II. i. 287. Guendolen the Daughter [of Corineus) ycelds to marry. Milton, Hist. Eng., i. No more, dear love, for at a touch I yield : Ask me no more. IMG:content-2702.png:[blocks in formation] yieldingly (yel'ding-li), adv . manner; with compliance. yieldingne (yel'ding-nes), n. ynca, n. See inc a . ynogh ynoght, ynought, ynowt, a. and adv . Middle English forms of enough . vol (vo) yol (yo), interj . An exclamation noting effort: usually joined with ho or O. Our anchor soon must change the lay of merry craftsmen here For the yeo -heave-o, and the heave-away, and the sighing The state or yo2 (yo), pron . A dialectal variant of you . property of being yielding; disposition to comyoakt, n. and v. An obsolete spelling of yoke1 . ply. yoatt, v . t . An obsolete spelling of yote . Bismarck wrote, there was only "one voice of regret on yochell, yochle (yoch'l), n . Scotch spellings the subject in the Federal A embly," which in the opinof yokell . tomane had give itself a death-blow by its yield yochel2, yockel (yo'kel, yok'l), n. Same as IMG:content-2703.png:[blocks in formation] beyng a taillor, shall kepe as many ser vaunts as they wille, yet1. to werke wt hur to hur use duryng hur widowhode, so she vite (yit), n. [Also yoit ; said to be imitative.] 2. That which is yielded; the product or re- turn of growth, cultivation, or care; also, that which is obtained by labor, as in mines or man- ufactories. He shall be like the fruitful tree,... Which in due season constantly -yl. [ ύλη , wood, matter.] In chem ., a suffix commonly used with radicals, denoting the fundamental part, the origin: as, methyl, CH3, is the fundamental radical of wood alco- hol, CH3OH, methylic ether, (CH3)2O, methyl anime, CH3NH2, etc. apple family, Cananga odorata , native in Java and the Philippines, cultivated throughout In- dia and the tropics. It bears drooping yellow IMG:content-2704.png:[blocks in formation] The dumpy level differs from the wye level in being at tached to the level bar by immoveable upright pieces; in having the level tube firmly secured to the uprights of the level bar; in being provided with an inverting eye-piece (unle ordered otherwise); and in the absence of the tan- gent and slow-motion screws. IMG:content-2705.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2706.png:[blocks in formation] yoh (yo), n. [Chinese.) An ancient Chinese reed, shaped like a flute but shorter, having three to seven holes, and played with one hand. yo-ho (yō-hō'), interj . [Cf. yol.] A call or cry, usually given to attract attention. yoick (yoik), v . t. [ yoick -s.] To urge or drive by the cry of "Yoicks." Y-ligament of Bigelow. The iliofemoral lig a- ment, a fibrous band attached above to the an- terior inferior spine of the ilium and below to the trochanter major and to a point just above the trochanter minor: it serves to strengthen the capsular ligament of the hip-joint. ylket, a. An old spelling of ilk1 . ymaskedt, a. A Middle English form of meshed . yojana, yojan (yō'ja-nä, yō'jan), n. [Hind. yo- ymellt, adv . Same as imell . Y-moth (wimôth), n . The gamma, Plusia gam- ma , a noctuid moth common in Europe, whose larva is a notable pest: so called from a shin ing silver Y-shaped mark on the upper wings. The name extends to others of the genus. Also Y. See cut under Plusia . ympt, ympet, n. and v. Obsolete forms of imp . ympnet, n. An old spelling of hymn. Chau- ynambu (i-nam'bö), n. [S. Amer.) The large South American tinamou, Rhynchotus rufes- cens . See cut under Rhynchotus . IMG:content-2707.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small] In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke . Shak ., Much Ado, i. 1. 263. 2. Hence, something resembling this apparatus in form or use. (a) A frame made to fit the shoulders and neck of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets or panniers, one at each end of the frame. IMG:content-2708.png:[blocks in formation] Spring yoke, in a railroad-car, a wrought-iron bar shaped like an inverted U, placed on a journal-box as a support for a spring. Also called spring saddle. See cut under car- truck. Syn. 6. Brace , etc. See pair1 . yokel (yok), v.; pret. and pp. yoked , ppr. yok- ing . [Formerly also yoak ; ME. zoken , zeoken (LG. jöken = G. jochen = L. jugare ); from the noun.] I. trans. 1. To put a yoke on. yoke-line, yoke-rope (yōk'lin, -rop), n. See yokel , n., 2 (d). yokelish (yo'kl-ish), a. [ A very rural population, with somewhat yokelish no- tions. Jour. Anthrop. Inst., XVL 256, yoke-mate (yōk'māt), n. Same as yokefellow . yoke-toed (yok'tōd), a . In ornith ., pair-toed; zygodactyl, as a woodpecker or cuckoo. See cut under pair -toed. Such arrangement is called zygodactyle or zygodactyl- ous; and birds exhibiting it are said to be yoke -toed. Away she hies, Coues, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 126. And yokes her silver doves. Shax., Venus and Adonis, 1. 1190. yoking (yō'king), n. [Verbal n. of yokel , r.] 1. The gentle Birds bow'd down their willing heads, Not to be yoaked , but adorned by The dainty harne . J. Beaumont , Psyche, iii. 68. draft-animals at one time; hence, generally, as The act of putting a yoke on; the act of joining or coupling.-2. As much work as is done by 2. To join or couple by means of a yoke. For o Griffoun there wil bere, fleynge to his Nest, a gret Hors, or 2 Oxen zoked to gidere, as the i gon at the Plowghe. Mandeville , Travels, p. 269. Alas! why yoakst thou God with Baal? Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Schisme. Rather than to be yoked with this bridegroom is ap- pointed me, I would take up any husband. B. Jonson , Bartholomew Fair, iv. 2. 4. To restrain; confine; oppre ; enslave. They thought it better to be somewhat hardly yoked at home than forever abroad discredited. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, Pref., ii. Then were they yoak'd with Garrisons, and the places consecrate to thir bloodie superstitions destroi'd. Milton , Hist. Eng., ii. Cowper , Table-Talk, 1. 258. As well be yoked by Despotism's hand As dwell at large in Britain's charter'd land. 5. To put horses or other draft-animals to. Compare the colloquial phrase to harne a wagon . Yoked bottle, in ceram . , a double bottle: so called from the band or bar of baked clay which connects the two ves- sels comprising it. IMG:content-2709.png:[blocks in formation] yoldent, p . a. [Obs. pp. of yield .] Yielded; sur- rendered; submi ive. With loke doun cast and humble i- yolden chere. Chaucer , Troilus, iii. 96. In humble spirit is set the temple of the Lord, Whose Church is built of love, and deckt with hot desire, And simple faith; the yolden ghost his mercy doth require. Surrey , Paraphrase of part of Eccl. iv. Yoldia (yōl'di-ä), n. [NL. (Möller, 1842), named after Count Yoldi of Sweden.] A genus of bi- valves, of the family Nuculidæ (or Ledidæ ), re- lated to the ark-shells. The several species are of boreal distribution; they resemble the members of the genus Leda , but have long slender siphons, a compre ed long oval shell, beaked and slightly gaping behind, and covered with shining epidermis. Y. arctic a, Y. limatula, and Y. thraciæform is are examples; the latter is found in deep water off the New England coast. phorbit Companioned the wheelwright ing the overlap yoke Knight. (1) In an electromagnet consisting of two parallel yox, yex. Also yolk . Whose ugly locks and yolkinge voice Did make all men afeard. Like fooles, they doe submit their necke Vnto the slavish yoke & proudest checke Of Romes insulting tyrant. 4. Something which couples, connects, or binds together; a bond of connection; a link; a tie. Companions Whose souls do bear an equal yoke of love. Shak., M. of V., iii. 4. 13. You see I am tied a little to my yoke ; Pray, pardon me; would ye had both such loving wives! Fletcher , Rule a Wife, ii. 2. yoke-arbor (yok'är bor), n . A form of double journal-box for pulley-spindles, having a curved arm extending from one bearing to the other on each side of the pulley, and serving to pro- tect the belt from chafing. E. H. Knight. yoke-bone (yok'bon), n. bone, entering into the formation of the zy- goma. See cut under skull . yoke-devil (yōk'dev"l), n. A companion devil. [Rare.] Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke - devils sworn to either's purpose. Shak ., Hen. V., ii. 2. 106. yoke-elm (yok'elm), n. See hornbeam . yokefellow (yok'fel"ō), n. One a ociated with another in labor, or in a task or under tak- ing; also, one connected with another by some tie or bond, as marriage; a partner; an as so- ciate; a mate. 5. A chain or ridge of hills; also, a single hill in a chain: obsolete, but still retained in some place-names: as, Trout beck Yoke . [Lake Dis- trict, Eng.]-6. A pair; couple; brace: said of things united by some link, especially of yoke fellow , with whose help you draw through the mire draft-animals: very rarely of persons, in con- tempt. IMG:content-2710.png:[blocks in formation] yokell (yō'kl), n. [Sc. also yochel , yochle ; ori- gin obscure. Cf. gawk , gowk .] A rustic or countryman; especially, a country bumpkin. Yokels looking up at the tinselled dancers and poor old rouged tumblers. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Pref. The coach was none of your steady-going, yokel coaches, but a swaggering, rakish, di ipated London coach; up all night, and lying by all day, and leading a devil of a life. Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, xxxvi. yokel2, n. Same as hickwall . yolk The tother [man] was zalowere thene the golke of a naye [an egg]. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3284. 2. The vitellus, a part of the seed of plants, so named from its supposed analogy with the yolk of an egg.-3. The greasy sebaceous secretion or unctuous substance from the skin of the sheep, which renders the fleece soft and pliable; wool-oil. Is not the yoke, or natural oiline of the wool in the animal, more efficacious? Agric. Sure , of Galloway , p. 283. (Jamie son.) Food yolk. See food - yolk , meroblastic , and tropholecithus. - Formative yolk, germinal yolk, which enters into the formation of the embryo, as distinguished from the food yolk, which does not undergo segmentation; morpholeci thus; vitellus germinativus. See - Glycerite of yolk of egg, a mixture of yolk of egg (45 parts) with glycerin (55 parts), used as a vehicle for medicinal oils and resins.