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196[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p> 196[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>
197 197
198<p><ent>Yajur-Veda</ent><br/ 198<p><ent>Yajur-Veda</ent><br/
199||<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/ 199\'d8<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/
200[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 200[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
201 201
202<p><ent>Yak</ent><br/ 202<p><ent>Yak</ent><br/
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ knowledge base should contact:
223[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 223[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
224 224
225<p><ent>Yaksha</ent><br/ 225<p><ent>Yaksha</ent><br/
226||<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/ 226\'d8<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/
227[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 227[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
228 228
229<p><ent>Yakut</ent><br/ 229<p><ent>Yakut</ent><br/
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ knowledge base should contact:
250[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 250[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
251 251
252<p><ent>Yama</ent><br/ 252<p><ent>Yama</ent><br/
253||<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/ 253\'d8<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/
254[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 254[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
255 255
256<p><ent>Yamen</ent><br/ 256<p><ent>Yamen</ent><br/
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ From knocking their heads against hot <qex>Yankee-Doodles</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Mo
328[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 328[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
329 329
330<p><ent>Yaourt</ent><br/ 330<p><ent>Yaourt</ent><br/
331||<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/ 331\'d8<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/
332[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 332[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
333 333
334<p><ent>Yap</ent><br/ 334<p><ent>Yap</ent><br/
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ Mazed with a <qex>yelping</qex> kennel of French curs?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau><
1252[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p> 1252[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
1253 1253
1254<p><ent>Yen</ent><br/ 1254<p><ent>Yen</ent><br/
1255||<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/ 1255\'d8<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/
1256[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p> 1256[<source>1913 Webster</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
1257 1257
1258<p><ent>Yend</ent><br/ 1258<p><ent>Yend</ent><br/
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ Mazed with a <qex>yelping</qex> kennel of French curs?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau><
1330[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 1330[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
1331 1331
1332<p><ent>Yerba</ent><br/ 1332<p><ent>Yerba</ent><br/
1333||<hw>Yer"ba</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An herb; a plant.</def><br/ 1333\'d8<hw>Yer"ba</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An herb; a plant.</def><br/
1334[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 1334[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
1335 1335
1336<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>Mentha viridis</spn>, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (<spn>Micromeria Douglasii</spn>).</note><br/ 1336<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>Mentha viridis</spn>, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (<spn>Micromeria Douglasii</spn>).</note><br/
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ The thistle springs, to which the lily <qex>yields</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qa
1868[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 1868[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
1869 1869
1870<p><ent>Yoga</ent><br/ 1870<p><ent>Yoga</ent><br/
1871||<hw>Yo"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>y<omac/ga</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/ 1871\'d8<hw>Yo"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Skr. <ets>y<omac/ga</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/
1872[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 1872[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
1873 1873
1874<p><ent>yogh</ent><br/ 1874<p><ent>yogh</ent><br/
@@ -1898,7 +1898,7 @@ The thistle springs, to which the lily <qex>yields</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qa
1898[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 1898[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
1899 1899
1900<p><ent>Yojan</ent><br/ 1900<p><ent>Yojan</ent><br/
1901||<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/ 1901\'d8<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/
1902[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 1902[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
1903 1903
1904<p><ent>Yoke</ent><br/ 1904<p><ent>Yoke</ent><br/
@@ -2093,7 +2093,7 @@ Him that <qex>yon</qex> soars on golden wing.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br
2093[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 2093[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
2094 2094
2095<p><ent>Yoni</ent><br/ 2095<p><ent>Yoni</ent><br/
2096||<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/ 2096\'d8<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/
2097[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 2097[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
2098 2098
2099<p><ent>Yonker</ent><br/ 2099<p><ent>Yonker</ent><br/
@@ -2520,7 +2520,7 @@ Would suffer him to spend his <qex>youth</qex> at home.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau>
2520[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 2520[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
2521 2521
2522<p><ent>Yu</ent><br/ 2522<p><ent>Yu</ent><br/
2523||<hw>Yu</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Jade.</def><br/ 2523\'d8<hw>Yu</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Chin.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Jade.</def><br/
2524[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 2524[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
2525 2525
2526<p><ent>Yucca</ent><br/ 2526<p><ent>Yucca</ent><br/
@@ -2528,7 +2528,7 @@ Would suffer him to spend his <qex>youth</qex> at home.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau>
2528[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 2528[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
2529 2529
2530<p><ent>Yucca</ent><br/ 2530<p><ent>Yucca</ent><br/
2531||<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/ 2531\'d8<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/
2532[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 2532[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
2533 2533
2534<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/ 2534<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/
@@ -2581,7 +2581,7 @@ Would suffer him to spend his <qex>youth</qex> at home.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau>
2581 2581
2582<p><ent>Yuga</ent><br/ 2582<p><ent>Yuga</ent><br/
2583<ent>Yug</ent><br/ 2583<ent>Yug</ent><br/
2584<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/ 2584<mhw>{ <hw>Yug</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, \'d8<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/
2585[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 2585[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
2586 2586
2587<p><ent>Yugoslav</ent><br/ 2587<p><ent>Yugoslav</ent><br/
@@ -2644,7 +2644,7 @@ In any place but here, at bonfire, or at <qex>Yule</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.<
2644<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> 2644<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>
2645 2645
2646<p><ent>Yunx</ent><br/ 2646<p><ent>Yunx</ent><br/
2647||<hw>Yunx</hw> <pr>(y<ucr/<nsm/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'i`ygx</grk> the wryneck.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.</def><br/ 2647\'d8<hw>Yunx</hw> <pr>(y<ucr/<nsm/ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'i`ygx</grk> the wryneck.]</ety> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.</def><br/
2648[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p> 2648[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
2649 2649
2650<p><ent>Yupon</ent><br/ 2650<p><ent>Yupon</ent><br/

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