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- English Word Yarr Definition To growl or snarl as a dog.
- English Word Yarrish Definition Having a rough, dry taste.
- English Word Yarrow Definition An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also milfoil, and nosebleed.
- English Word Yarwhip Definition The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit.
- English Word Yataghan Definition A long knife, or short saber, common among Mohammedan nations, usually having a double curve, sometimes nearly straight.
- English Word Yate Definition A gate. See 1st Gate.
- English Word Yaud Definition See Yawd.
- English Word Yaul Definition See Yawl.
- English Word Yaulp Definition To yaup.
- English Word Yaup Definition The blue titmouse.
- English Word Yaup Definition To cry out like a child; to yelp.
- English Word Yaup Definition A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain.
- English Word Yauper Definition One who, or that which, yaups.
- English Word Yaupon Definition A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea.
- English Word Yaw Definition To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
- English Word Yaw Definition To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship.
- English Word Yaw Definition A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
- English Word Yaw-weed Definition A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers.
- English Word Yawd Definition A jade; an old horse or mare.
- English Word Yawed Definition of Yaw