1. An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting of a deep and long inspiration following
several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc., being wide open.
One person yawning in company will produce a spontaneous yawn in all present.
N. Chipman. 2. The act of opening wide, or of gaping. Addison.
3. A chasm, mouth, or passageway. [R.]
Now gape the graves, and trough their yawns let loose
Imprisoned spirits.
Marston. Yawningly
(Yawn"ing*ly), adv. In a yawning manner.
Yawp
(Yawp) v. & n. See Yaup.
Yaws
(Yaws) n. [African yaw a raspberry.] (Med.) 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 frambœsia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws.
Yaw-weed
(Yaw"-weed`) n. (Bot.) A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the
seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers.
Ybe
(Y*be") obs. p. p. of Be. Been. Chaucer.
Ycleped
(Y*cleped") p. p. [AS. geclipod, p. p. of clipian, cleopian, cliopian, to call. See Clepe, and
also the Note under Y-.] Called; named; — obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings. [Spelt
also yclept.]
It is full fair to ben yclept madame.
Chaucer.
But come, thou goddess fair and free.
In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne.
Milton.
Those charming little missives ycleped valentines.
Lamb. Ydo
(Y*do") obs. p. p. of Do. Done. Chaucer.
Ydrad
(Y*drad") obs. p. p. of Dread. Dreaded.
Yet nothing did he dread, but ever was ydrad.
Spenser. Ye
(Ye, Ye) (&thlige), an old method of printing the article the the "y" being used in place of the Anglo-
Saxon thorn It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced ye. See The, and Thorn, n., 4.
Yë
(Y"ë) n.; pl. Yën An eye. [Obs.]
From his yën ran the water down.
Chaucer. Ye
(Ye) pron. [OE. ye, &yoghe, nom. pl., AS. ge, gi; cf. OS. ge, gi, OFries. gi, i, D. gij, Dan. &
Sw. i, Icel. er, OHG. ir, G. ihr, Goth. jus, Lith. jus, Gr. "ymei^s, Skr. yuyam. &radic189.] The
plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case.
Ye ben to me right welcome heartily.
Chaucer.
But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified.
1 Cor. vi. 11.
This would cost you your life in case ye were a man.
Udall.
