yote (yot)

t.; pret. and pp. yoted, ppr. yoting. [ My fowls, which well enough I, as before, found feeding at their trough Their yoted wheat. Chapman , Ody ey, xix. 760. you, pron . See yel . youk (youk), v. i. See yuck . yoult, v. i. See youl . youlingt, n. A spelling of yowling . young (yung), a. and n. [Early mod. E. also yong; yong , yung , zung , zong , zing , geong , giung , iung (in compar. also ging- , gyng- , geng-) = OFries. jung , jong = OS. jung = D. jong = MLG. junk , LG.jung =OHG. MHG.junc, G. jung = Icel. jungr , ungr = Sw. Dan. ung = Goth. juggs (compar. juhiza ?); Teut. * yūnga , contr. of * yuwanga or * yuwanha = W.ieuange = L. juvencus = Skt. yuvaça , young; an extension or derivative, with adj. suffix (L. -cu -s), of a sim- pler form seen in L. juvenis = OBulg. junŭ = Ru . iunuii , etc., = Lith. jaunus = Lett. jauns = Skt. yuvan , young; cf. Skt. yavishtha , young- est. From E. young is ult. E. youth . From the L. word are ult. E. juvenile , juvenal , juvenescent , rejuvenate , etc.] I. a. 1. Being in the first or early stage of life; not long born; not yet arrived at maturity or full age; not old: said of animals: as, a young child; a young man; a young horse. Thow art zonge and zepe, and hast zeres ynowe For to lyue longe and ladyes to lou ye. Piers Plowman (B), xi. 17. IMG:content-2712.png:[blocks in formation] Th' impatient fervor To his young hopes. Shak., R. and J., i. 1. 166. threat'ning death Cowper , Task, iii. 504. 4. Having the appearance and freshne or vigor of youth; youthful in look or feeling; fresh; vigorous. Thei that duellen there and drynken often of that Welle, With envy pale 'twill lose its dye, And Yorkish turn again. The White Rose. the i nevere han Sekene e, and the i semen alle weys zonge . Mandeville , Travels, p. 169. He is only seven-and-thirty, very young for his age, and the most affectionate of creatures. Thackeray , Lovel the Widower, vi. 5. Having little experience; ignorant; raw; green.