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Yoll
(Yoll) v. i. To yell. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Yon
(Yon) a. [OE. yon, &yoghon, AS. geon; akin to G. jener, OHG. jener, Icel. enn, inn; cf. Goth. jains. &radic188. Cf. Beyond, Yond, Yonder.] At a distance, but within view; yonder. [Poetic]

Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.
Milton.
Though fast yon shower be fleeting.
Keble.

Yon
(Yon), adv. Yonder. [Obs. or Poetic]

But, first and chiefest, with thee bring
Him that yon soars on golden wing.
Milton.

Yoncopin
(Yon"co*pin) n. [Perhaps corrupted from Illinois micoupena, Chippewa makopin, the American lotus.] (Bot.) A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus

Yond
(Yond) a. [Cf. AS. anda, onda, anger, andian to be angry.] Furious; mad; angry; fierce. [Obs.] "Then wexeth wood and yond." Spenser.

Yond
(Yond), adv. & a. [OE. yond, &yoghond, &yogheond, through, beyond, over, AS. geond, adv. & prep.; cf. Goth. jaind thither. &radic188. See Yon, a.] Yonder. [Obs.] "Yond in the garden." Chaucer.

Yonder
(Yon"der) adv. [OE. yonder, &yoghonder; cf. OD. ginder, Goth. jaindr there. . See Yond, adv.] At a distance, but within view.

Yonder are two apple women scolding.
Arbuthnot.

Yonder
(Yon"der), a. Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon. "Yon flowery arbors, yonder alleys green." Milton. "Yonder sea of light." Keble.

Yonder men are too many for an embassage.
Bacon.

Yoni
(||Yo"ni) n. [Skr. yni.] (Hindoo Myth.) The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. Lingam.

Yonker
(Yon"ker) n. [See Younker.] A young fellow; a younker. [Obs. or Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.

Yore
(Yore) adv. [OE. &yoghore, yare, &yoghare, AS. geára;akin to geár a year, E. year. &radic204. See Year.] In time long past; in old time; long since. [Obs. or Poetic]

As it hath been of olde times yore.
Chaucer.
Which though he hath polluted oft and yore,
Yet I to them for judgment just do fly.
Spenser.

Of yore, of old time; long ago; as, in times or days of yore. "But Satan now is wiser than of yore." Pope.

Where Abraham fed his flock of yore.
Keble.

Yorker
(York"er) n. (Cricket) A tice.

Yorkshire
(York"shire) n. A county in the north of England.

Yorkshire grit, a kind of stone used for polishing marble, and copperplates for engravers. Simmonds.Yorkshire pudding, a batter pudding baked under meat.

York use
(York" use`) (Eccl.) The one of the three printed uses of England which was followed in the north. It was based on the Sarum use. See Use, n., 6. Shipley.