yarrish (yarish)

[ The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-2670.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small] yate-stoop (yat'stöp), n. gate-post. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] yate-tree (yat'trē), n. A gum- tree, Eucalyptus cornuta, of southwestern Australia, yield- ing a tough elastic wood con- sidered equal to ash and used Yataghan, North Af- topped yate-tree, E. occidental is , is an allied and equally valuable tree of the same region. Von Mueller , Select Extra-trop. Plants. yaud (yad), n. A Scotch form of jadel . The Murray, on the auld gray yaud , Wi' winged spurs did ride. yaupon (ya'pon), n. Same as yapon . yavet. A Middle English form of gave , preterit of givel . yaw1 (ya), v . [Cf. Norw. gaga , bend backward, gagr (= Icel. gagr , bent back); G. dial. gagen , rock, move unsteadily.] I. in trans. To go unsteadily; bend or deviate from a straight course: chiefly nautical. To divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail. Shak., Hamlet, v. 2. 120. She steered wild, yawed , and decreased in her rate of sailing. Marryat , Frank Mildmay, xx. ( Davies .) The language [German] has such a fatal genius for going stern foremost, for yawing , and for not minding the helm without some ten minutes' notice in advance, that he must be a great sailor indeed who can safely make it the vehicle for anything but imperishable commodities. Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 293. The sun flashed on her streaming ebony black sides as she yawed to the great ocean swell that chased her. W. C. Ru ell , Sailor's Sweetheart, v. II. trans. To move aside; move from one side to the other. [Rare.] My eyes! how she [a mare] did pitch!... And yaw'd her head about all sorts of ways. yawl (ya), n. [ Naut . , a temporary deviation of a ship or ve el from the direct line of her course. A very red-faced, thick-lipped countryman,... as soon as the Prince hailed him, jovially, if somewhat thickly, answered. At the same time he gave a beery yaw in the saddle. R. L. Stevens on, Prince Otto, i. 4. IMG:content-2671.png:[blocks in formation] Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 283. At every line they stretch, they yawn , they doze. Pope , Dunciad, ii. 390. And, leaning back, he yawned and fell asleep, Lulled by the chant monotonous and deep. 4. To be open-mouthed with surprise, bewilder- ment, etc.; be agape. To yawn, be still, and wonder, When one but of my ordinance stood up To speak of peace or war. Shak ., Cor., iii. 2. 11. The groaning Earth began to reel and shake, A horrid Thunder in her bowels rumbles,.. Tearing her Rocks, Vntill she Yawn a way To let it out, and to let-in the Day. 2. To expre or utter with a yawn. "Heigho," yawned one day King Francis, "Distance all value enhances!" yaw2 (ya), n. raspberry.] 1. One of the tubercles cha racing or opening wide. teristic of the disease known as yaws. In some cases a few yaws will show themselves long after the primary attack is over; these are called "memba yaws" (from "remember"). Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 732. 2. A thin or defective place in cloth. yaw2 (ya), v. i. [ yawd (yâd), n. A Scotch form of jade1 . yawey (ya'i), a. [ That yaws is a communicable disease is beyond ques- tion; but that it has always arisen by conveyance of yawey matter from a previous case is neither proved nor probable. Encyc. Brit ., XXIV. 732. yawll (yal), v. i. [Also yowl; formerly also yole and gowl ; ME.goulen , gaula = LG. gaueln = G. jaulen , howl, yell; an imitative word, like howl ; it may be regarded as a more sonorous form of yelll .] To cry out; howl; yell. He hurtez of the houndez, & thay Ful zomerly zaule & zelle. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), l. 1451. My little legs still cro ing His: either kicking this way, that way sprawling, Or, if hee but remov'd me, straitwaies yawling . Heywood , Dialogues (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, VI. 201). Then yelp'd the cur, and yawl'd the cat. Tennyson, The Goose. yaw12 (yal), п. [Sometimes also yaul ; * jolle (in dim. jolleken ), D. jol , a yawl, skiff, = Dan. jolle = Sw. julle , a yawl, jolly-boat. Cf. jolly - boat .] 1. A ship's small boat, usually rowed by four or six oars; a jolly-boat.-2. The smallest boat used by fishermen. See cut under rowlock .-3. A sail-boat or small yacht of the cutter cla , with a jigger and short main- boom. yawn (yân), v. [Early mod. E. yane, dial. gaun, go an; nen , gānian = LG. janen = OHG. geinon , MHG. geinen , yawn; a secondary form, parallel 2. An involuntary opening of the mouth from drowsine ; oscitation. See yawning . From every side they hurried in, Rubbing their sleepy eyes with lazy wrists, And doubling overhead their little fists In backward yawns. The family is astir; and member after member appears with the morning yawn . C. D. Warner, Backlog Studies, p. 20. 3. An opening; a chasm. Marston. But June is full of invitations sweet, Forth from the chimney's yawn and thrice-read tomes. Lowell , Under the Willows. Through the yawns of the back-door, and sundry rents in the logs of the house, filter in, unweariedly, fine par- ticles of snow. S. Judd , Margaret, i. 17. G. gähnen , yawn; both being derived from a strong verb, AS. gin an (pret. * gān ), in comp. to-ginen, gape apart, = Icel. gin a , gape: see further under begin . The form yawn , ga- nian, instead of * yone (yon), is irreg., but is Yb. In chem ., the symbol for ytterbium . parallel with broad (brod), brad . The Y. B. An abbreviation of year - book . initial y for gis also irregular; it is prob. due Y-branch (wi'branch), n. See branch , 2 (e). to an AS. var. * geánian , or to conformation with yave for gave , etc.] I. in trans. 1. To gape; yaw-weed (ya'wed), n. A shrubby West Indian plant, Morinda Royoc , used as a remedy for the yaws or frambœsia. Then from the yawning wound with fury tore The spear, pursu'd by gushing streams of gore. Pope , Iliad, xii. 479. Crowds that stream from yawning doors. Tennyson, In Memoriam, lxx. ychonet, ychoonet. Middle English forms of each one . With myrthe and with mynstrasye the i pleseden hir ychoone. Piers Plowman (A), iii. 98. IMG:content-2672.png:[blocks in formation] ycladt. An obsolete form of clai , a preterit (c) As used for a single subject. and past participle of clothe . Yclad in costly garments fit for tragicke Stage. Spenser, F. Q., III. xii. 3. Her words yclad with wisdom's majesty. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., i. 1. 33. yclept, ycleped. Forms of the preterit and past participle of clepe . Tho ye count me still the child, Sweet mother, do ye love the child? Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette. To you. See tol. You're another, a familiar form of the tu quoque argument. See tu quoque. I find little to interest and le to edify me in these international bandyings of " You're another." Lowell, Democracy. You-uns (literally, you ones), you. Compare we - uns , under we . [Dialectal, southern U. S.] "Mirandy Jane," the old woman interrupted, "'pears like I hev hed the trouble o' raisin' a idjit in you uns !" M. N. Murfree, Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains, i. But I'll tell the yarn to youans. John Hay, Mystery of Gilgal. ydlet, a. An obsolete spelling of idle . ydradt. A form of drad , obsolete past partiye2+, adv . A Middle English form of yea . ciple of dread . IMG:content-2673.png:[blocks in formation] yel, you (yē, yö), pron. pl. (used also instead of sing.); po . your or yours, obj. you, sometimes ye. [Two forms of the same word, representing historically the nom. and obj. respectively of the personal pronoun used as the plural of thou (see thou ): ( a ) Nom. (and voc.) ye, early mod. E. also yee, thank ye > thankee or thanky; how do you do > how do ye do > how d'ye do > howdy do > howdy, etc.] The personal pronoun of the second person, in the plural number: now commonly applied also (originally with some notion of distinction or compliment, as in the case of the royal we ) to a single individual, in place of the singular forms thee and thou -a use resulting in the partial degradation of thou to a term of familiarity or of contempt. Ye is archaic, and little used except in exalted addre and poetry. (a) As carefully discriminated, especially in the older English, the nominative and vocative being ye and the dative and accusative you. He swor formest [first] That ze schuld haue no harm, but hendely for gode He praide zou com speke with him. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 269. He zaue zow fyue wittes For to worshepen hym ther-with while ze lyuen here. Piers Plowman (C), ii. 15. And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you . Ex. xxiv. 14. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report. Acts vi. 3. Yee Mannians, arme your selues, for feare of afterclaps, Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 16. Speed, Pegasus! - ye strains of great and small, Ode, epic, elegy, have at you all! Byron, Eng. Bards and Scotch Reviewers. (b) As used without discrimination of case-form between nominative and objective. Ye a great master are in your degree. You lie, ye rogue. Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 546. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 2. 59. The more shame for ye , holy men I thought ye . Shak ., Hen. VIII., iii. 1. 102. You meaner beauties of the night, What are you when the moon shall rise? Sir H. Wotton, To the Queen of Bohemia, They have, like good sumpters, laid ye down their hors load of citations and fathers at your dore. Milton , Church-Government, ii., Int. year There is an example of the rejection of a needle subtlety in the case of our affirmative particles, yea and yes, nay and no , which were formerly distinguished in tuse, as the two affirmatives still are in our sister-tongues, the Danish and Swedish. The distinction was that yed and nay were answers to questions framed in the affirmative; as, Will he go? Yea or Nay . But if the question was framed in the negative, Will he not go? the answer was Yes or No. G. P. Marsh, Lects. on Eng. Lang., xxvi "What? sone," seide the couherde, "seidestow i was here?" " za , sire, sertes," seide the childe. William of Palerne (E. E. Τ. 8.), L. 268. "Whi care stow," sede the quene, "knew thow noust the so the " zis , madame," sede the maide. William of Palerne (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 3184. Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea , Lord. Mat. xiii. 51. yea (ya), n. [ yea , adv .] 1. An affirmation.2. An affirmative vote; hence, one who votes in the affirmative: as, to call the yeas and nays. - To call for the yeas and nays, in parliamentary usage, to demand that a vote be taken on any measure by the calling of the roll, each member's answer being recorded. ye3t, n. An obsolete variant of eyel . yea (ya), adv . [ geá = OS. ja OFries. ië , gē = D. ja = LG. ja = OHG. MHG. jā , G. ja = Icel. jā = Dan. Sw. ja = Goth. ja , yes, jai , truly, verily; perhaps = Lith. ja in ja sakyti , say yes, and Gr. 7, truly. Connection with AS. ge = Goth. jah , also, and, yead1t, v. i. See yede2 , and with L. jam , now, Skt. ya, who, is unceryead2 (yed), n. A dialectal form of head . Halli- tain. Hence ult. yes .] 1. Yes; ay: a word well . that expre es affirmation or a ent: the oppoyea-forsooth (ya'for-söth'), a . Noting one say- site of nay: as, Will you go? Yea. IMG:content-2674.png:[blocks in formation] garden? Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the Gen. iii. 1. Yea, mistre , are you so peremptory? Shak ., Pericles, ii. 5. 73. Him I loved not. Why? I deem'd him fool? yea , so? Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. 3. Used to intimate that something is to be added by way of intensivene or amplification: Not this alone; not only so but also; what is more. Compare the similar use of nay . Confe Christ and his truth, not only in heart, but also in tongue, yea , in very deed, which few gospellers do. J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 202. I therein do rejoice; yea , and will rejoice. Phil. i. 18. One that composed your beauties, yea , and one To whom you are but as a form in wax. Shak., M. N. D., i. 1. 48. Many of you, yea most, Return no more. Tennyson, Holy Grail. 4. In the authorized version of the Bible, so; thus; true; real; consistent. All the promises of God in him are yea , and in him Amen. 2 Cor. i. 20. Yea is now used only in the sacred, solemn, or formal style. Yea , being mainly a word of a ent, was formerly used chiefly in answer to questions framed affirmatively; yes , a stronger term, was chiefly used in answer to questions containing a negative or otherwise implying a doubt. But the distinction does not appear to have been rigidly maintained; and the a ertions of the following quotations about yea and yes , like those about nay and no (see nol ), must be taken with some allowance. I woulde not here note by the way that Tyndall here trans lat eth no for nay , for it is but a trifle and mistaking of the englishe worde, sauing that ye shoulde see that he, whych in two so plain englishe wordes, and so commen as is naye and no , cannot tell when he should take the tone, and when the tother, is not, for translating into englishe, a man very mete. For the vse of those two wordes in a uns we ring to a question is this. No [read nay ] aunswereth the question framed by the affirmatiue. As, for ensample, if a manne should aske Tindall hymselfe: "ys an here tike mete to translate holy scripture into englishe?" Lo, to thys question, if he will aunswere trew englishe, he muste aunswere nay, and not no. But and if the question be asked hym thus, lo: "is not an heretyque mete to translate holy scripture into english?" To this question, lo, if he wil aunswer true english, he must aunswere no, & not nay. And a lyke difference is there betwene these two aduerbs, ye and yes. For if the questeion bee framed vnto Tindall by thaffirmatiue in thys fashion: "If an heretique falsely translate the newe testament into englishe, to make hys false here syes see me the worde of Godde, be hys bookes worthy to be burned?" To thys question asked in thys wyse, wy he wyl aunswere true englishe, he must aunswere ye, and not yes. But no we if the question be asked hym thus, lo, by the negatiue: "If an here tike falsely translate the newe testament in-to englishe, to make hys false here syes seme the word of God, be not his bokes well worthy to be burned?" Το thys question in thys fashion framed, if he wyll aunswere trew englyshe, he maye not aunswere ye, but he must aunswere yes, and say " yes, mary, be they, bot he the trans lac i on and the trans lat our, and al that wyll holde wyth them." And thys thing, lo, though it be no great matter, yet I haue thought it good to giue Tindall warning of, because I would haue him write true one way or other, that though I can not make him by no meane to write true matter, I would haue him yet at the lest wise write true englishe. Sir T. More, The Confutacion of Tyndales Aunswere, made [Anno 1532, book iii., Workes, p. 448. ing to anything yea and forsooth, which latter was not a phrase of genteel society. A rascally yea - forsooth knave.