English Dictionary: Yaounde | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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]: | |
Yawn \Yawn\ (y[add]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Yawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Yawning}.] [OE. yanien, [f4]anien, ganien, gonien, AS. g[be]nian; akin to ginian to yawn, g[c6]nan to yawn, open wide, G. g[84]hnen to yawn, OHG. gin[emac]n, gein[omac]n, Icel. g[c6]na to yawn, gin the mouth, OSlav. zijati to yawn, L. hiare to gape, yawn; and perhaps to E. begin, cf. Gr. cheia` a hole. [root]47b. Cf. Begin, Gin to begin, {Hiatus}.] 1. To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate. [bd]The lazy, yawning drone.[b8] --Shak. And while above he spends his breath, The yawning audience nod beneath. --Trumbull. 2. To open wide; to gape, as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything. 't is now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn. --Shak. 3. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment. --Shak. 4. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings. [bd]One long, yawning gaze.[b8] --Landor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yean \Yean\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Yeaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Yeaning}.] [AS. e[a0]nian, or gee[a0]nian; perhaps akin to E. ewe, or perhaps to L. agnus, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Ean}.] To bring forth young, as a goat or a sheep; to ean. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yend \Yend\, v. t. To throw; to cast. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yenite \Ye"nite\, n. [After Jena, in Germany.] (Min.) A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals; -- also called {ilvaite}. [Spelt also {jenite}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yond \Yond\, a. [Cf. AS. anda, onda, anger, andian to be angry.] Furious; mad; angry; fierce. [Obs.] [bd]Then wexeth wood and yond.[b8] --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yond \Yond\, adv. & a. [OE. yond, [f4]ond, [f4]eond, through, beyond, over, AS. geond, adv. & prep.; cf. Goth. jaind thither. [root]188. See {Yon}, a.] Yonder. [Obs.] [bd]Yond in the garden.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
yoyo mode n. The state in which the system is said to be when it rapidly alternates several times between being up and being down. Interestingly (and perhaps not by coincidence), many hardware vendors give out free yoyos at Usenix exhibits. Sun Microsystems gave out logoized yoyos at SIGPLAN '88. Tourists staying at one of Atlanta's most respectable hotels were subsequently treated to the sight of 200 of the country's top computer scientists testing yo-yo algorithms in the lobby. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
yoyo mode rapidly alternates several times between being up and being down. Interestingly (and perhaps not by coincidence), many hardware vendors give out free yoyos at {Usenix} exhibits. {Sun Microsystems} gave out logoised yoyos at SIGPLAN '88. Tourists staying at one of Atlanta's most respectable hotels were subsequently treated to the sight of 200 of the country's top computer scientists testing yo-yo {algorithms} in the lobby. [Is it "yoyo" or "yo-yo"?] [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-07) |