yew1 (yo)

[Early mod. E. also ye we, yeugh, ewe, eugh, ewgh, yowe; T. baccata of temperate Europe and Asia. This is a slow-growing and long lived evergreen of moderate height and spreading habit, with a thick irregular trunk and dark thick foliage. In Europe the yew has long been planted in graveyards. There ar are several dwarf, weeping, and variegated varieties. The golden yew has the edge of the leaves in spring of a bright-golden yellow. The Irish yew (var. fastigiata ) has erect branches, and is more hardy than the typical form, which will not endure the winter in the northern United States. Yew ( Taxus baccata). 7020 yew3 (yö), v. i. [Origin obscure.] To rise as scum on brine in boiling; yaw. yewen (yö'en), a. [Early mod. E. also eughen ; ewen , iwen , iw , yew: see yew1 .] Made of yew. Or his stiffe armes to stretch with Eughen bowe. Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 747. The black spruce, Picea [West Virginia.] [ ewtre , utree, uvtre; yew-pine (yöʻpin), n. nigra. See spruce. yew-tree (yöʻtrē), n. yew1 , 1. In it throve an ancient evergreen, A yew -tree. Tennyson, Enoch Arden.