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Y — Yauper to Yede (Part 6 of 6)

Yeast-bitten
(Yeast"-bit`ten) a. (Brewing) A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has reëntered the body of the beer.

Yeastiness
(Yeast"i*ness) n. The quality or state of being yeasty, or frothy.

Yeasty
(Yeast"y) a. Frothy; foamy; spumy, like yeast.

Yedding
(Yed"ding) n. [AS. geddung, gidding, giedding, from gieddian, giddian, to sing, speak.] The song of a minstrel; hence, any song. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Yede
(Yede) obs. imp. Went. See Yode.

All as he bade fulfilled was indeed
This ilke servant anon right out yede.
Chaucer.

Spenser and some later writers mistook this for a present of the defective imperfect yode. It is, however, only a variant of yode. See Yode, and cf. Yead.

[He] on foot was forced for to yeed.
Spenser