The act of opening wide, or of gaping.

A chasm, mouth, or passageway.

In a yawning manner.

See Yaup.

A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.

A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers.

Been.

Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings.

Done.

Dreaded.

Alt. of Ye

an old method of printing the article the (AS. /e), the "y" being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn (/). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced ye. See The, and Thorn, n., 4.

of Ye

The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.

Yea; yes.

Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.

More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf. Nay, adv., 2.

An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.

Properly, a variant of the defective imperfect yode, but sometimes mistaken for a present. See the Note under Yede.

of Yean

of Yean

To bring forth young, as a goat or a sheep; to ean.

A lamb or a kid; an eanling.

The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).

The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.

Age, or old age; as, a man in years.

The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison, a.

A book published yearly; any annual report or summary of the statistics or facts of a year, designed to be used as a reference book; as, the Congregational Yearbook.

A book containing annual reports of cases adjudged in the courts of England.

Containing years; having existed or continued many years; aged.