| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| yaf | imp. | Gave. See Give. |
| yak | noun | A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc. |
| yam | noun | A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated. |
| yap | verb i. | To bark; to yelp., A bark; a yelp. |
| yaw | verb i. | To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works., 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., A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering. |