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   Yeats
         n 1: Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939) [syn: {Yeats},
               {William Butler Yeats}, {W. B. Yeats}]

English Dictionary: Yeats by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Yiddish
n
  1. a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yet \Yet\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of large marine gastropods
      belonging to the genus {Yetus}, or {Cymba}; a boat shell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yiddish \Yid"dish\, n. [G. j[81]disch, prop., Jewish, fr. Jude
      Jew. See {Jew}, {Jewish}.]
      A language used by German and other Jews, being a Middle
      German dialect developed under Hebrew and Slavic influence.
      It is written in Hebrew characters.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Youth \Youth\ ([umac]th), n.; pl. {Youths} ([umac]ths; 264) or
      collectively {Youth}. [OE. youthe, youh[thorn]e,
      [f4]uhe[eb]e, [f4]uwe[eb]e, [f4]eo[f4]e[eb]e, AS. geogu[eb],
      geogo[eb]; akin to OS. jug[eb], D. jeugd, OHG. jugund, G.
      jugend, Goth. junda. [fb]281. See {Young}.]
      1. The quality or state of being young; youthfulness;
            juvenility. [bd]In my flower of youth.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Such as in his face Youth smiled celestial.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of
            existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part
            of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to
            manhood.
  
                     He wondered that your lordship Would suffer him to
                     spend his youth at home.                     --Shak.
  
                     Those who pass their youth in vice are justly
                     condemned to spend their age in folly. --Rambler.
  
      3. A young person; especially, a young man.
  
                     Seven youths from Athens yearly sent. --Dryden.
  
      4. Young persons, collectively.
  
                     It is fit to read the best authors to youth first.
                                                                              --B. Jonson.
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