English Dictionary: Yi | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Y \Y\ ([imac]), pron. I. [Obs.] --King Horn. Wyclif. | |
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Y- \Y-\, [or] I- \I-\ . [OE. y-, i-, AS. ge-, akin to D. & G. ge-, OHG. gi-, ga-, Goth. ga-, and perhaps to Latin con-; originally meaning, together. Cf. {Com-}, {Aware}, {Enough}, {Handiwork}, {Ywis}.] A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use. That no wight mighte it see neither yheere. --Chaucer. Neither to ben yburied nor ybrent. --Chaucer. Note: Some examples of Chaucer's use of this prefix are; ibe, ibeen, icaught, ycome, ydo, idoon, ygo, iproved, ywrought. It inough, enough, it is combined with an adjective. Other examples are in the Vocabulary. Spenser and later writers frequently employed this prefix when affecting an archaic style, and sometimes used it incorrectly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Y \Y\ (w[imac]). Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at the beginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), is usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 145, 178-9, 272. Note: It derives its form from the Latin Y, which is from the Greek [UPSILON], originally the same letter as V. Etymologically, it is most nearly related to u, i, o, and j. g; as in full, fill, AS. fyllan; E. crypt, grotto; young, juvenile; day, AS. d[91]g. See {U}, {I}, and {J}, {G}. Note: Y has been called the Pythagorean letter, because the Greek letter [UPSILON] was taken represent the sacred triad, formed by the duad proceeding from the monad; and also because it represents the dividing of the paths of vice and virtue in the development of human life. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Y \Y\ (w[imac]), n.; pl. {Y's} (w[imac]z) or {Ys}. Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y. Specifically: (a) One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye. (b) A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting. (c) (Railroads) A portion of track consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track. {Y level} (Surv.), an instrument for measuring differences of level by means of a telescope resting in Y's. {Y moth} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European noctuid moth {Plusia gamma}) which has a bright, silvery mark, shaped like the letter Y, on each of the fore wings. Its larva, which is green with five dorsal white species, feeds on the cabbage, turnip, bean, etc. Called also {gamma moth}, and {silver Y}. | |
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Y \Y\ ([imac]), pron. I. [Obs.] --King Horn. Wyclif. | |
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Y- \Y-\, [or] I- \I-\ . [OE. y-, i-, AS. ge-, akin to D. & G. ge-, OHG. gi-, ga-, Goth. ga-, and perhaps to Latin con-; originally meaning, together. Cf. {Com-}, {Aware}, {Enough}, {Handiwork}, {Ywis}.] A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use. That no wight mighte it see neither yheere. --Chaucer. Neither to ben yburied nor ybrent. --Chaucer. Note: Some examples of Chaucer's use of this prefix are; ibe, ibeen, icaught, ycome, ydo, idoon, ygo, iproved, ywrought. It inough, enough, it is combined with an adjective. Other examples are in the Vocabulary. Spenser and later writers frequently employed this prefix when affecting an archaic style, and sometimes used it incorrectly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Y \Y\ (w[imac]). Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at the beginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), is usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 145, 178-9, 272. Note: It derives its form from the Latin Y, which is from the Greek [UPSILON], originally the same letter as V. Etymologically, it is most nearly related to u, i, o, and j. g; as in full, fill, AS. fyllan; E. crypt, grotto; young, juvenile; day, AS. d[91]g. See {U}, {I}, and {J}, {G}. Note: Y has been called the Pythagorean letter, because the Greek letter [UPSILON] was taken represent the sacred triad, formed by the duad proceeding from the monad; and also because it represents the dividing of the paths of vice and virtue in the development of human life. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Y \Y\ (w[imac]), n.; pl. {Y's} (w[imac]z) or {Ys}. Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y. Specifically: (a) One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye. (b) A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting. (c) (Railroads) A portion of track consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track. {Y level} (Surv.), an instrument for measuring differences of level by means of a telescope resting in Y's. {Y moth} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European noctuid moth {Plusia gamma}) which has a bright, silvery mark, shaped like the letter Y, on each of the fore wings. Its larva, which is green with five dorsal white species, feeds on the cabbage, turnip, bean, etc. Called also {gamma moth}, and {silver Y}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Y \Y\ ([imac]), pron. I. [Obs.] --King Horn. Wyclif. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Y- \Y-\, [or] I- \I-\ . [OE. y-, i-, AS. ge-, akin to D. & G. ge-, OHG. gi-, ga-, Goth. ga-, and perhaps to Latin con-; originally meaning, together. Cf. {Com-}, {Aware}, {Enough}, {Handiwork}, {Ywis}.] A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use. That no wight mighte it see neither yheere. --Chaucer. Neither to ben yburied nor ybrent. --Chaucer. Note: Some examples of Chaucer's use of this prefix are; ibe, ibeen, icaught, ycome, ydo, idoon, ygo, iproved, ywrought. It inough, enough, it is combined with an adjective. Other examples are in the Vocabulary. Spenser and later writers frequently employed this prefix when affecting an archaic style, and sometimes used it incorrectly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Y \Y\ (w[imac]). Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at the beginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), is usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 145, 178-9, 272. Note: It derives its form from the Latin Y, which is from the Greek [UPSILON], originally the same letter as V. Etymologically, it is most nearly related to u, i, o, and j. g; as in full, fill, AS. fyllan; E. crypt, grotto; young, juvenile; day, AS. d[91]g. See {U}, {I}, and {J}, {G}. Note: Y has been called the Pythagorean letter, because the Greek letter [UPSILON] was taken represent the sacred triad, formed by the duad proceeding from the monad; and also because it represents the dividing of the paths of vice and virtue in the development of human life. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Y \Y\ (w[imac]), n.; pl. {Y's} (w[imac]z) or {Ys}. Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y. Specifically: (a) One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye. (b) A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting. (c) (Railroads) A portion of track consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track. {Y level} (Surv.), an instrument for measuring differences of level by means of a telescope resting in Y's. {Y moth} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European noctuid moth {Plusia gamma}) which has a bright, silvery mark, shaped like the letter Y, on each of the fore wings. Its larva, which is green with five dorsal white species, feeds on the cabbage, turnip, bean, etc. Called also {gamma moth}, and {silver Y}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yttria \Yt"tri*a\, n. [NL. See {Yttrium}.] (Chem.) The oxide, {Y2O3}, or earth, of yttrium. | |
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Y89 \Y"[89]\ ([emac]"[eit]), n.; pl. {Y[89]n} ([emac]"[eit]n). An eye. [Obs.] From his y[89]n ran the water down. --Chaucer. | |
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Ya \Ya\ (y[aum]), adv. Yea. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Yahoo \Ya"hoo\, n. 1. One of a race of filthy brutes in Swift's [bd]Gulliver's Travels.[b8] See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. 2. Hence, any brutish or vicious character. 3. A raw countryman; a lout; a greenhorn. [U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yahweh \Yah"weh\, Yahwe \Yah"we\, n. Also Jahveh \Jah"veh\, Jahve \Jah"ve\, etc. A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated {Jehovah} in the Bible; -- used by some critics to discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or {Yahwe} is the spelling now generally adopted by scholars. | |
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Yahweh \Yah"weh\, Yahwe \Yah"we\, n. Also Jahveh \Jah"veh\, Jahve \Jah"ve\, etc. A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated {Jehovah} in the Bible; -- used by some critics to discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or {Yahwe} is the spelling now generally adopted by scholars. | |
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Yaw \Yaw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Yawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Yawing}.] [Cf. {Yew}, v. i.] To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works. | |
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Yaw \Yaw\, v. i. & t. [Cf. Prov. G. gagen to rock, gageln to totter, shake, Norw. gaga to bend backward, Icel. gagr bent back, gaga to throw the neck back.] (Naut.) To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship. Just as he would lay the ship's course, all yawing being out of the question. --Lowell. | |
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Yaw \Yaw\, n. (Naut.) A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering. | |
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Yawi \Yawi\, n. A fore-and-aft-rigged vessel with a mainmast stepped a little farther forward than in a sloop and carrying a mainsail and jibs, with a jigger mast far aft, usually placed abaft the rudder post. | |
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Ye \Ye\ (y[amac]), adv. [See {Yea}.] Yea; yes. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Ye \Ye\ ([th][emac]), an old method of printing the article the (AS. [thorn]e), the [bd]y[b8] being used in place of the Anglo-Saxon thorn ([thorn]). It is sometimes incorrectly pronounced y[c7]. See {The}, and {Thorn}, n., 4. | |
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Ye \Ye\ (y[emac]), pron. [OE. ye, [f4]e, nom. pl., AS. ge, g[imac]; cf. OS. ge, g[c6], OFries. g[c6], [c6], D. gij, Dan. & Sw. i, Icel. [emac]r, OHG. ir, G. ihr, Goth. jus, Lith. jus, Gr. "ymei^s, Skr. yuyam. [root]189.] 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. Note: In Old English ye was used only as a nominative, and you only as a dative or objective. In the 16th century, however, ye and you became confused and were often used interchangeably, both as nominatives and objectives, and you has now superseded ye except in solemn or poetic use. See {You}, and also the first Note under {Thou}. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye. --Shak. I come, kind gentlemen, strange news to tell ye. --Dryden. | |
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Yea \Yea\, n. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays. Note: In the Scriptures, yea is used as a sign of certainty or stability. [bd]All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen.[b8] --2 Cor. i. 20. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yea \Yea\ (y[amac] [or] y[emac]; 277), adv. [OE. ye, ya, [f4]e, [f4]a, AS. ge[a0]; akin to OFries. g[emac], i[emac], OS., D., OHG., G., Dan. & Sw. ja, Icel, j[be], Goth. ja, jai, and probably to Gr. "h^ truly, verily. [root]188. Cf. {Yes}.] 1. Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See {Yes}. Let your communication be yea, yea; nay, nay. --Matt. v. 37. 2. More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf. {Nay}, adv., 2. I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. --Phil. i. 18. Note: Yea sometimes introduces a clause, with the sense of indeed, verily, truly. [bd]Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?[b8] --Gen. iii. 1. | |
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Yew \Yew\ ([umac]), v. i. See {Yaw}. | |
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Yew \Yew\, n. [OE. ew, AS. e[a2]w, [c6]w, eoh; akin to D. ijf, OHG. [c6]wa, [c6]ha, G. eibe, Icel. [ymac]r; cf. Ir. iubhar, Gael. iubhar, iughar, W. yw, ywen, Lith. j[89]va the black alder tree.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen tree ({Taxus baccata}) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards. 2. The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain. Note: The {American yew} ({Taxus baccata}, var. {Canadensis}) is a low and straggling or prostrate bush, never forming an erect trunk. The {California yew} ({Taxus brevifolia}) is a good-sized tree, and its wood is used for bows, spear handles, paddles, and other similar implements. Another yew is found in Florida, and there are species in Japan and the Himalayas. 3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew. | |
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Yew \Yew\ ([umac]), a. Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; as, a yew whipstock. | |
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You \You\ ([umac]), pron. [Possess. {Your} ([umac]r) or {Yours} ([umac]rz); dat. & obj. {You}.] [OE. you, eou, eow, dat. & acc., AS. e[a2]w, used as dat. & acc. of ge, g[emac], ye; akin to OFries. iu, io, D. u, G. euch, OHG. iu, dat., iuwih, acc., Icel. y[edh]r, dat. & acc., Goth. izwis; of uncertain origin. [root]189. Cf. {Your}.] The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under {Ye}. Ye go to Canterbury; God you speed. --Chaucer. Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. --Shak. In vain you tell your parting lover You wish fair winds may waft him over. --Prior. Note: Though you is properly a plural, it is in all ordinary discourse used also in addressing a single person, yet properly always with a plural verb. [bd]Are you he that hangs the verses on the trees, wherein Rosalind is so admired ?[b8] --Shak. You and your are sometimes used indefinitely, like we, they, one, to express persons not specified. [bd]The looks at a distance like a new-plowed land; but as you come near it, you see nothing but a long heap of heavy, disjointed clods.[b8] --Addison. [bd]Your medalist and critic are much nearer related than the world imagine.[b8] --Addison. [bd]It is always pleasant to be forced to do what you wish to do, but what, until pressed, you dare not attempt.[b8] --Hook. You is often used reflexively for yourself of yourselves. [bd]Your highness shall repose you at the tower.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Thou \Thou\, pron. [Sing.: nom. {Thou}; poss. {Thy}or {Thine}; obj. {Thee}. Pl.: nom. {You}; poss. {Your}or {Yours}; obj. {You}.] [OE. thou, [thorn]u, AS. [edh][umac], [edh]u; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw. du, Icel. [thorn][umac], Goth. [thorn]u, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael. tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam. [fb]185. Cf. {Thee}, {Thine}, {Te Deum}.] The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style. Art thou he that should come? --Matt. xi. 3. Note: [bd]In Old English, generally, thou is the language of a lord to a servant, of an equal to an equal, and expresses also companionship, love, permission, defiance, scorn, threatening: whilst ye is the language of a servant to a lord, and of compliment, and further expresses honor, submission, or entreaty.[b8] --Skeat. Note: Thou is now sometimes used by the Friends, or Quakers, in familiar discourse, though most of them corruptly say thee instead of thou. | |
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Yow \Yow\, pron. You. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Yowe \Yowe\, n. [See {Ewe}.] (Zo[94]l.) A ewe. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --G. Eliot. | |
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Yoe, PA (borough, FIPS 87040) Location: 39.90972 N, 76.63663 W Population (1990): 947 (429 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17313 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
YA- abbrev. [Yet Another] In hackish acronyms this almost invariably expands to {Yet Another}, following the precedent set by Unix `yacc(1)' (Yet Another Compiler-Compiler). See {YABA}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Yow! /yow/ interj. [from "Zippy the Pinhead" comix] A favored hacker expression of humorous surprise or emphasis. "Yow! Check out what happens when you twiddle the foo option on this display hack!" Compare {gurfle}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Y 1. General purpose language syntactically like {RATFOR}, semantically like {C}. Lacks structures and pointers. Used as a source language for Jack W. Davidson and Christopher W. Fraser's peephole optimiser which inspired {GCC} {RTL} and other optimisation ideas. {(ftp://ftp.cs.princeton.edu/pub/y+po.tar.Z)}. It is a copy of the original distribution from the {University of Arizona} during the early 80's, totally unsupported. ["The Y Programming Language", D.R. Hanson, SIGPLAN Notices 16(2):59-68 (Feb 1981)]. [Jack W. Davidson and Christopher W. Fraser, "The Design and Application of a Retargetable Peephole Optimiser", TOPLAS, Apr. 1980]. [Jack W. Davidson, "Simplifying Code Through Peephole Optimisation" Technical Report TR81-19, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1981]. [Jack W. Davidson and Christopher W. Fraser, "Register Allocation and Exhaustive Peephole Optimisation" Software-Practice and Experience, Sep. 1984]. 2. See {fixed point combinator}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
YA- {Yet Another} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Yaa Yet Another Assembler - Macro assembler for GCOS 8 and Mark III on Bull DPS-8 machines. Available from Bull as part of U Waterloo Tools package (maintained by | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Yahoo Officious/Obstreperous/Odiferous/Organized Oracle. (Or a member of a race of brutes in Swift's Gulliver's Travels who have the form and all the vices of man, or an uncouth or rowdy person). Probably the biggest hierarchical index of the {World-Wide Web}. Originally at {Stanford University}, Yahoo moved to its own site in April 1995. It allows you to move up and down the heirarchy, to search it and to suggest additions. It also features "What's New", "What's Popular", "What's Cool" and a random link. {Home (http://www.yahoo.com/)}. (1995-04-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Yay {Yet Another Yacc} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ye (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Yow! favoured hacker expression of humorous surprise or emphasis. "Yow! Check out what happens when you twiddle the foo option on this display hack!" Compare {gurfle}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
yu (1999-01-27) |