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@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ knowledge base should contact: <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Use of <xex>Yahweh</xex> as a name of God.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
<p><mhw><hw>Yah"wist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> Also <hw>Jah"vist</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Jah"wist</hw>, older <hw>Je*ho"vist</hw>.</mhw> <def>The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled <xex>Yahweh</xex>, or <xex>Jehovah</xex>; the author of the Yahwistic, or Jehovistic, Prophetic Document (J); also, the document itself.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Yaj"ur-Ve"da</hw> <pr>(y<adot/j"<ucir/r-v<amac/`d<adot/ <it>or</it> y<adot/j"<ucir/r-v<emac/`d<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>yajur-v<emac/da</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Veda</er>.</def><br/
+<p><hw>Yaj"ur-Ve"da</hw> <pr>(y<adot/j"<ucir/r-v<amac/`d<adot/ <it>or</it> y<adot/j"<ucir/r-v<emac/`d<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>yajur-v<emac/da</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Veda</er>.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Yak</hw> <pr>(y<acr/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Tibetan <ets>gyag</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bovine mammal (<spn>Po\'89phagus grunnies</spn>) 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 <altname>chauri gua</altname>, <altname>grunting cow</altname>, <altname>grunting ox</altname>, <altname>sarlac</altname>, <altname>sarlik</altname>, and <altname>sarluc</altname>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><cs><col><b>Yak lace</b></col>, <cd>a coarse pillow lace made from the silky hair of the yak.</cd></cs><br/
@@ -180,13 +180,13 @@ knowledge base should contact: <p><hw>Ya"kin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large Asiatic antelope (<spn>Budorcas taxicolor</spn>) 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 <altname>budorcas</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Ya*koots"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing. <singw>Yakoot</singw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></sing>.<def> <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> A nomadic Mongolian tribe native of Northern Siberia, and supposed to be of Turkish stock. They are mainly pastoral in their habits.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Yakuts</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Yak"sha</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr.]</ety> <fld>(Hindoo Myth.)</fld> <def>A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth.</def><br/
+<p><hw>Yak"sha</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr.]</ety> <fld>(Hindoo Myth.)</fld> <def>A kind of demigod attendant on Kuvera, the god of wealth.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Ya*kut"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The Turkish language of the Yakuts, a Mongolian people of northeastern Siberia, which is lingua franca over much of eastern Siberia.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Ya"lah</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The oil of the mahwa tree.</def><br/
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ knowledge base should contact: <p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any one of several cultural varieties of the sweet potato.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
<p><cs><col><b>Chinese yam</b></col>, <cd>a plant (<spn>Dioscorea Batatas</spn>) with a long and slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species.</cd> -- <col><b>Wild yam</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A common plant (<spn>Dioscorea villosa</spn>) of the Eastern United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An orchidaceous plant (<spn>Gastrodia sesamoides</spn>) of Australia and Tasmania.</cd></cs><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Ya"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>yama</ets> a twin.]</ety> <fld>(Hindoo Myth.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/
+<p><hw>Ya"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>yama</ets> a twin.]</ety> <fld>(Hindoo Myth.)</fld> <def>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.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Ya"men</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin. <ets>ya</ets> a civil or military court + <ets>men</ets> a gate.]</ety> <def>In China, the official headquarters or residence of a mandarin, including court rooms, offices, gardens, prisons, etc.; the place where the business of any public department is transcated.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Yam"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Llama</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The llama.</def><br/
@@ -256,13 +256,13 @@ And still to meanness all his conduct flows.</q> <rj><qau>Oppression, A poem by From knocking their heads against hot <qex>Yankee-Doodles</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Moore.</qau></rj><br/
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<p><hw>Yan"kee*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like.</def> <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Yaourt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Turk. <ets>yoghurt</ets>.]</ety> <def>A fermented drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks.</def><-- now usually yoghurt--><br/
+<p><hw>Yaourt</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Turk. <ets>yoghurt</ets>.]</ety> <def>A fermented drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks.</def><-- now usually yoghurt--><br/
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<p><hw>Yap</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[Icel. <ets>gj\'belpa</ets>; akin to <ets>yelp</ets>. Cf. <er>Yaup</er>.]</ety> <def>To bark; to yelp.</def> <rj><au>L'Estrange.</au></rj><br/
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<p><hw>Yap</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A bark; a yelp.</def><br/
@@ -976,13 +976,13 @@ Mazed with a <qex>yelping</qex> kennel of French curs?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau>< <p><hw>Yel"ting</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Orig. uncert.]</ety> <def>The Florida and West Indian red snapper (<spn>Lutianus aya</spn>); also, sometimes, one of certain other allied species, as <spn>Lutianus caxis</spn>.</def><br/
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Ye"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A yeoman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Yen</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The unit of value and account in Japan. The <ex>yen</ex> is equal to 100 <xex>sen</xex>. From Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, to about 1913 the value of the yen was about 50 cents. In 1997 and 1998 the value of the yen varied from 80 per U. S. dollar to 120 per dollar.</def><br/
+<p><hw>Yen</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The unit of value and account in Japan. The <ex>yen</ex> is equal to 100 <xex>sen</xex>. From Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, to about 1913 the value of the yen was about 50 cents. In 1997 and 1998 the value of the yen varied from 80 per U. S. dollar to 120 per dollar.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Yend</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To throw; to cast.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><hw>Ye"nite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[After <ets>Jena</ets>, in Germany.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals; -- also called <altname>ilvaite</altname>.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>jenite</asp>.]</altsp><br/
@@ -1039,13 +1039,13 @@ Mazed with a <qex>yelping</qex> kennel of French curs?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau>< <p><hw>Yeor"ling</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Yellow</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European yellow-hammer.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Yer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prep.</pos> <def>Ere; before.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Sylvester.</au></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Yer"ba</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An herb; a plant.</def><br/
+<p><hw>Yer"ba</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An herb; a plant.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, <xex>yerba buena</xex> <ety>[Sp., a good herb]</ety>, a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (<spn>Mentha sativa</spn>, <spn>viridis</spn>, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (<spn>Micromeria Douglasii</spn>).</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Yerba dol osa</b></col>. <ety>[Sp., herb of the she-bear.]</ety> <cd>A kind of buckthorn (<spn>Rhamnus Californica</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Yerba mansa</b></col>. <ety>[Sp., a mild herb, soft herb.]</ety> <cd>A plant (<spn>Anemopsis Californica</spn>) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians.</cd> -- <col><b>Yerba reuma</b></col>. <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>reuma</ets> rheum, rheumatism.]</ety> <cd>A low California undershrub (<spn>Frankenia grandifolia</spn>).</cd></cs><br/
@@ -1489,13 +1489,13 @@ The thistle springs, to which the lily <qex>yields</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qa <p><mhw>{ <hw>Yo"del</hw>, <hw>Yo"dle</hw> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Yo"dler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who yodels.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Yo"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>y\'d3ga</ets> union.]</ety> <def>A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.</def><br/
+<p><hw>Yo"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>y\'d3ga</ets> union.]</ety> <def>A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Yo"gi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>y\'d3gin</ets>.]</ety> <def>A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>yokin</asp>.]</altsp> <rj><au>Whitworth.</au></rj><br/
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<p><hw>Yo"gism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Yoga, or its practice.</def><br/
@@ -1504,13 +1504,13 @@ The thistle springs, to which the lily <qex>yields</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qa <p><hw>Yo"icks</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <fld>(Hunting)</fld> <def>A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Yoit</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European yellow-hammer.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Yo"jan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>y<omac/jana</ets>.]</ety> <def>A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five.</def> <mark>[India]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>yojana</asp>.]</altsp><br/
+<p><hw>Yo"jan</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>y<omac/jana</ets>.]</ety> <def>A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five.</def> <mark>[India]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>yojana</asp>.]</altsp><br/
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<p><hw>Yoke</hw> <pr>(y<omac/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>yok</ets>, <ets><yogh/oc</ets>, AS. <ets>geoc</ets>; akin to D. <ets>juk</ets>, OHG. <ets>joh</ets>, G. <ets>joch</ets>, Icel. & Sw. <ets>ok</ets>, Dan. <ets>aag</ets>, Goth. <ets>juk</ets>, Lith. <ets>jungas</ets>, Russ. <ets>igo</ets>, L. <ets>jugum</ets>, Gr. <grk>zy`gon</grk>, Skr. <ets>yuga</ets>, and to L. <ets>jungere</ets> to join, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>yui</ets>. <root/109, 280. Cf. <er>Join</er>, <er>Jougs</er>, <er>Joust</er>, <er>Jugular</er>, <er>Subjugate</er>, <er>Syzygy</er>, <er>Yuga</er>, <er>Zeugma</er>.]</ety><br/
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.</def><br/
@@ -1676,13 +1676,13 @@ Him that <qex>yon</qex> soars on golden wing.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br <p><hw>Yon"der</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon.</def> \'bdYon flowery arbors, <xex>yonder</xex> alleys green.\'b8 <au>Milton.</au> \'bd<xex>Yonder</xex> sea of light.\'b8 <au>Keble.</au><br/
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<p><q><qex>Yonder</qex> men are too many for an embassage.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Yo"ni</hw> <pr>(y<omac/"n<emac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>y<omac/ni</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Hindu Myth.)</fld> <def>The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. <er>Lingam</er>.</def><br/
+<p><hw>Yo"ni</hw> <pr>(y<omac/"n<emac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>y<omac/ni</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Hindu Myth.)</fld> <def>The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. <er>Lingam</er>.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Yon"ker</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Younker</er>.]</ety> <def>A young fellow; a younker.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Colloq.]</mark> <rj><au>Sir W. Scott.</au></rj><br/
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<p><hw>Yore</hw> <pr>(y<omac/r)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets><yogh/ore</ets>, <ets>yare</ets>, <ets><yogh/are</ets>, AS. <ets>ge\'a0ra</ets>;akin to <ets>ge\'a0r</ets> a year, E. <ets>year</ets>. <root/204. See <er>Year</er>.]</ety> <def>In time long past; in old time; long since.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Poetic]</mark><br/
@@ -2018,19 +2018,19 @@ Would suffer him to spend his <qex>youth</qex> at home.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau> <p><hw>Yt`tro-ce"rite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral of a violet-blue color, inclining to gray and white. It is a hydrous fluoride of cerium, yttrium, and calcium.</def><br/
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Yt`tro-co*lum"bite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Yt`tro-tan"ta*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A tantalate of uranium, yttrium, and calcium, of a brown or black color.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Yu</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Jade.</def><br/
+<p><hw>Yu</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Jade.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Yuc"ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Flicker</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def><br/
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-<p><hw>\'d8Yuc"ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from <ets>Yuca</ets>, its name in St. Domingo.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.</def><br/
+<p><hw>Yuc"ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from <ets>Yuca</ets>, its name in St. Domingo.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.</def><br/
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<p><note><hand/ The species with more rigid leaves (as <spn>Yucca aloifolia</spn>, <spn>Yucca Treculiana</spn>, and <spn>Yucca baccata</spn>) are called <stype>Spanish bayonet</stype>, and one with softer leaves (<spn>Yucca filamentosa</spn>) is called <stype>bear grass</stype>, and <stype>Adam's needle</stype>.</note><br/
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<p><cs><col><b>Yucca moth</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small silvery moth (<spn>Pronuba yuccasella</spn>) whose larv\'91 feed on plants of the genus <gen>Yucca</gen>.</cd></cs><br/
@@ -2064,13 +2064,13 @@ Would suffer him to spend his <qex>youth</qex> at home.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau> <p><hw>Yu"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The crowned gibbon (<spn>Hylobates pileatus</spn>), native of Siam, Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely arboreal in its habits, and has very long arms. the males are dark brown or blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark hair, and usually with a white band around the face. The females are yellowish white, with a dark spot on the breast and another on the crown. Called also <altname>wooyen</altname>, and <altname>wooyen ape</altname>.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Yufts</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ. <ets>iufte</ets>.]</ety> <def>Russia leather.</def><br/
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-<p><mhw>{ <hw>Yug</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>\'d8Yu"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>yuga</ets> an age, a yoke. See <er>Yoke</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Hindoo Cosmog.)</fld> <def>Any one of the four ages, <xex>Krita</xex>, or <xex>Satya</xex>, <xex>Treta</xex>, <xex>Dwapara</xex>, and <xex>Kali</xex>, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world.</def><br/
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Yug</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Yu"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>yuga</ets> an age, a yoke. See <er>Yoke</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Hindoo Cosmog.)</fld> <def>Any one of the four ages, <xex>Krita</xex>, or <xex>Satya</xex>, <xex>Treta</xex>, <xex>Dwapara</xex>, and <xex>Kali</xex>, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world.</def><br/
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<p><hw>Yuke</hw> <pr>(<umac/k)</pr>, <pos>v. i. & t.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Yuck</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/
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<p><hw>Yu"lan</hw> <pr>(<umac/"l<acr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of Magnolia (<spn>Magnolia conspicua</spn>) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under <er>Magnolia</er>.</def><br/
@@ -2101,13 +2101,13 @@ In any place but here, at bonfire, or at <qex>Yule</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.< <p><hw>yum"my</hw> <pr>(y<ucr/m"m<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>very pleasing or attractive; especially, pleasing to the taste; delicious; scrumptious.</def><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Yun"ca</hw> <pr>(y<oomac/<nsm/"k<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An Indian of a linguistic stock of tribes of the Peruvian coast who had a developed agricultural civilization at the advent of the Spaniards, before which they had been conquered by the Incas. They constructed irrigation canals which are still in use, adorned their buildings with bas-reliefs and frescoes, and were skilled goldsmiths and silversmiths.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Yun"can</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms></p>
-<p><hw>\'d8Yunx</hw> <pr>(y<ucr/<nsm/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'i`ygx</grk> the wryneck.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.</def><br/
+<p><hw>Yunx</hw> <pr>(y<ucr/<nsm/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'i`ygx</grk> the wryneck.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Yu"pon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Yaupon</er>.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
<p><mhw><hw>yup"pie</hw>, <hw>yup"py</hw></mhw> <pr>(y<ucr/p"p<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>y</ets>oung <ets>u</ets>rban <ets>p</ets>rofessional + <ets>-ie</ets>.]</ety> <def>an ambitious young adult, usually college-educated, living in or near a large city, with a professional career and an affluent lifestyle. The "u" in the word is sometimes interpreted as meaning \'bdupwardly mobile\'b8.</def><br/
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