Yankee

yank'e, n. A. citizen of N. England, the Northern States, — applied by foreigners inhabitants of the U. S. X. is bor resembles down covered with dust.— Xe'rocollyr'end of ium, -kol-lTr'T-um, n. (Med.) A drv collvnum or the mideye-salve. — Xero'des, -dez, n. (Med.) Any tumor in exam attended ointment. with — Xeroph/agy, dryne . — Xeromy'rum, n. " A dry sound -rofa-jT, n. The eating of color, dry meats, — a sort of fast yelamong the primitive Chris- (Chem.) tians. — Xeropb/thalmy, -rof'thal-mT,?i. (31ed.) A obfrom dry, red sorene or itch fluid swelling ing of the or a eyes, discharge without of ' j-ellow, plants humors. -thit, Xero'tes, -tez, n. (31ed.) A grains dry body. habit or disposition of translu- Xiphoid, zifoid, a. (Anat.) =3 Resembling form. — Xiphoid a sword; cartilage. ens i- "~ end A cartilage of the sternum. at the lower ' Xebec. Xylite, zi'lit, n. (Min.) A mineral of a brown color, consisting chiefly of silica, sesquioxide of iron, lime, magnesia, and water. (Chem.) A volatile, inflammable liquid which exists in crude or impure pyroligneous acid.— Xylograph, -lo-graf, n. An engraving on wood, or the impre ion from such an engraving. — Xylog'rapher, -ra-fer, n. One who practices xylography. — Xylograpb/ic, -ical, -graf'ik-al, a. Pert, to wood-engraving. — Xylog'raphy, -fT, n. Act or art of cutting figures in wood, in representation of natural objects. — Xy'lene, -len, -lole, -151, n. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, homologous when with benzine, prepared from coal naptha.— Xyloph'colagan, -lofa-gan, n. (Entom.) A coleopterous, dipterous, or other insect which in the adult or larval yttria, state feeds on wood.— Xyloph'agous, -a-gus, a. Eating or feeding on wood. of the Xyster, zis'ter, n. A surgeon's instrument for scrap and ing bones. its Yap, yap, v. i. To bark, yelp. — n. A cry of a dog. words Yard, yard, n. A measure of length, 3 feet, or 36 when inches, being the standard of Eng. and Amer. measin other as i. as a pre and in bury-clad, shape of the of a form. 2 conused for Sailing yaw'- German of sevto and or of to all Yacht. fare; end, eve, term; Tn, Ice; Cdd, tone, 8r;] 517 YARD ure; arod 3 feet long; a yardstick; the male member or organ; penis. (Navt.) A long, slender piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, suspended cro wise upon the mast, by which a sail is extended: see Ship. — Yard'-arm, n. (iV«wt.) Either half of a ship's yard, from the center or mast to the end. [Ships are said to be yard-arm and yard-arm when so near as to touch or interlock their yards.] — stick, -wand, n. A stick 3 feet in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc. 529