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- English Word Yaf Definition Gave. See Give.
- English Word Yaffingale Definition The yaffle.
- English Word Yaffle Definition The European green woodpecker (Picus, / Genius, viridis). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack.
- English Word Yager Definition In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army.
- English Word Yaguarundi Definition Same as Jaguarondi.
- English Word Yajur-Veda Definition See Veda.
- English Word Yak Definition A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc.
- English Word Yakamilk Definition See Trumpeter, 3 (a).
- English Word Yakare Definition Same as Yacare.
- English Word Yakin Definition A large Asiatic antelope (Budorcas taxicolor) native of the higher parts of the Himalayas and other lofty mountains. Its head and neck resemble those of the ox, and its tail is like that of the goat. Called also budorcas.
- English Word Yakoots Definition (Ethnol.) A nomadic Mongolian tribe native of Northern Siberia, and supposed to be of Turkish stock. They are mainly pastoral in their habits.
- English Word Yaksha Definition A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth.
- English Word Yalah Definition The oil of the mahwa tree.
- English Word Yam Definition A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated.
- English Word Yama Definition The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands.
- English Word Yamma Definition The llama.
- English Word Yamp Definition An umbelliferous plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its small fleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to California.
- English Word Yang Definition To make the cry of the wild goose.
- English Word Yang Definition The cry of the wild goose; a honk.
- English Word Yank Definition An abbreviation of Yankee.