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The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued
throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.
2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. Shak.
Anomalistic year, the time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365
days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds. — A year's mind (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased
person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. A month's mind, under Month. — Bissextile year.
See Bissextile. — Canicular year. See under Canicular. — Civil year, the year adopted by any
nation for the computation of time. — Common lunar year, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354
days. — Common year, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from leap year. — Embolismic
year, or Intercalary lunar year, the period of 13 lunar months, or 384 days. — Fiscal year (Com.),
the year by which accounts are reckoned, or the year between one annual time of settlement, or balancing
of accounts, and another. — Great year. See Platonic year, under Platonic. — Gregorian year,
Julian year. See under Gregorian, and Julian. — Leap year. See Leap year, in the Vocabulary.
— Lunar astronomical year, the period of 12 lunar synodical months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes,
36 seconds. - - Lunisolar year. See under Lunisolar. — Periodical year. See Anomalistic year,
above. — Platonic year, Sabbatical year. See under Platonic, and Sabbatical. — Sidereal year,
the time in which the sun, departing from any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6 hours,
9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds. — Tropical year. See under Tropical. — Year and a day (O. Eng.
Law), a time to be allowed for an act or an event, in order that an entire year might be secured beyond
all question. Abbott. — Year of grace, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini; A. D. or a. d.
Yeara
(Ye*a"ra) n. (Bot.) The California poison oak See under Poison, a.
Yearbook
(Year"book`) n.
1. 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.
2. (Eng. Law) A book containing annual reports of cases adjudged in the courts of England.
The Yearbooks are the oldest English reports extant, beginning with the reign of Edward II., and ending
with the reign of Henry VIII. They were published annually, and derive their name from that fact. They
consist of eleven parts, or volumes, are written in Law French, and extend over nearly two hundred
years. There are, however, several hiatuses, or chasms, in the series. Kent. Bouvier.
Yeared
(Yeared) a. Containing years; having existed or continued many years; aged. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Yearling
(Year"ling) n. [Year + - ling.] An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; — applied
chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.
Yearling
(Year"ling), a. Being a year old. "A yearling bullock to thy name small smoke." Pope.
Yearly
(Year"ly) a. [AS. geárlic.]
1. Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.
2. Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant.
3. Accomplished in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth. Shak.
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