Part 24

Yive (?), v. t. & i. To give. [Obs.] Chaucer.

-yl (?). [Gr. &?; wood, material.] (Chem.) A suffix used as a characteristic termination of chemical radicals; as in ethyl, carbonyl, hydroxyl, etc.

-yl was first used in 1832 by Liebig and Wöhler in naming benzoyl, in the sense of stuff, or fundamental material, then in 1834 by Dumas and Peligot in naming methyl, in the sense of wood. After this - yl was generally used as in benzoyl, in the sense of stuff, characteristic ground, fundamental material.

Yle (?), n. Isle. [Obs.] "The barren yle." Chaucer.

Y" lev`el (?). (Surv.) See under Y, n.

{ Y*liche" (?), Y*like" (?) }, a. & adv. Like; alike. [Obs.] "All . . . yliche good." Chaucer.

Yl`lan*ra*ton" (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) The agouara.

Y*mak"ed (?), obs. p. p. of Make. Made.

Y*mel" (?), prep. [OE. ymel, imelle, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. milli, millum (properly, in the middle, fr. &?; in + mi&?;il, me&?;al, middle, akin to E. middle), Dan. imellem, Sw. emellan. See In, and Middle.] Among. [Obs.] "Ymel them all." Chaucer.

Y*nam"bu (?), n. (Zoöl.) A South American tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens); -- called also perdiz grande, and rufous tinamou. See Illust. of Tinamou.

{ Y*nough" (?), Y*now" (?) }, a. [See Enough.] Enough. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Yock"el (?), n. [Cf. Yokel.] (Zoöl.) The yaffle.

Yode (?), obs. imp. of Go. [OE. yode, yede, ede, eode, eode, AS. eóde, used as the imp. of gn to go; akin to Goth. iddja I, he, went, L. ire to go, Gr. 'ie`nai, Skr. i, y. √4. Cf. Issue.] Went; walked; proceeded. [Written also yede.] See Yede.

Quer [whether] they rade or yode.

Cursor Mundi.

Then into Cornhill anon I yode.

Lydgate.

{ Yo"del (?), Yo"dle (?), } v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Yodeled, Yodled; p. pr. & vb. n. Yodeling, Yodling.] [G. jodeln.] To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers, by suddenly changing from the head voice, or falsetto, to the chest voice, and the contrary; to warble.

{ Yo"del, Yo"dle }, n. A song sung by yodeling, as by the Swiss mountaineers.

Yo"dler (?), n. One who yodels.

||Yo"ga (?), n. [Skr. yga union.] A species of asceticism among the Hindoos, which consists in a complete abstraction from all worldly objects, by which the votary expects to obtain union with the universal spirit, and to acquire superhuman faculties.

Yo"gi (?), n. [Skr. ygin.] A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic. [Spelt also yokin.] Whitworth.

Yo"icks (?), interj. (Hunting) A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.

Yoit (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European yellow-hammer. [Prov. Eng.]

||Yo"jan (?), n. [Skr. yjana.] A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but usually about five. [India] [Written also yojana.]

Yoke (yk), n. [OE. yok, oc, AS. geoc; akin to D. juk, OHG. joh, G. joch, Icel. & Sw. ok, Dan. aag, Goth. juk, Lith. jungas, Russ. igo, L. jugum, Gr. zy`gon, Skr. yuga, and to L. jungere to join, Gr. &?;, Skr. yui. √109, 280. Cf. Join, Jougs, Joust, Jugular, Subjugate, Syzygy, Yuga, Zeugma.]

1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke, Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke.