year (yer)

[ Hence-2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution round the sun: as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.-3. A space of about 365 days, used in the civil or religious reckoning of time; especially, the usual period of 365 or 366 days, divided into twelve calendar months, now reckoned as beginning with the 1st of January and ending with the 31st of December: as, the year 1891 (see legal year, below); also, a period of approximately the same length in other calendars. Compare calendar.-4. A space of twelve calendar months without regard to the point from which they are reckoned: as, he sailed on June 1st, and was absent just one year. year At the zeres end the i comen azen, and founden the same Lettres and Figures, the whiche the i hadde writen the zeer before, withouten ony defaute. Mandeville , Travels, p. 17. Thei sholde not returne with-inne two yere , le e than the i myght fynde the seide childe. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 29. 5. pl. Period of life; age: as, he is very vigorous for his years: often used specifically to note old age. See in years, below. He is made as strong as bra , is of brave years too, And doughty of complexion. .. Fletcher, Rule a Wife, ii. 1. He [E ex] profe 'd he would not contend with the Queen, nor excuse the Faults of his young Years either in whole or in part. Baker , Chronicles, p. 389. He himselfe affected ease and quiet, now growing into yeares. Evelyn , Diary, Aug. 18, 1673. What is there quite so profoundly human as an old man's memory of a mother who died in his earlier years? IMG:content-2676.png:[blocks in formation] acro the clear darkne of the broad water floor. C. F. Woolson, East Angels, xxviii. Year of confusion, the 707th year of the Roman era, ending with 47 B. C., being the year before the first introduction of the Julian calendar. It had 445 days. -Year of grace, year of the Christian era. - Year of jubilee. See jubilee , 1.- Year of our Lord, year of the Christian era. Years of discretion. See discretion. Young of the year. See young . The djolan: said to