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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: yamasee - yardbird</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="yamasee"> Yamasee, noun, pl. -see or -sees.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a Muskhogean tribe of American Indians formerly occupying the region of the lower Savannah River, the Georgia coast, and northern Florida. During the 1700's they merged with the Creek and Seminole Indians. </DL> <A NAME="yamato"> Yamato, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. one of the legendary ancestors of the Japanese people, who migrated from the mainland in ancient times. <DD> 2. the Japanese people. <DD>adj. of the Japanese, especially the legendary Japanese. </DL> <A NAME="yamen"> yamen, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the official residence of a high Chinese official before 1912. <DD> 2. the headquarters of any department of the civil service in China. Also, yamun. </DL> <A NAME="yammer"> yammer, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to whine or whimper. <DD> 2. to howl or yell. Ex. These inflationary actions illustrate the Administration's policy: yammer against inflation, but actually let it ride (Time). <DD> 3. =lament. <DD>v.t. to say in a querulous tone. <DD>noun the action of yammering. </DL> <A NAME="yamun"> yamun, noun. =yamen.</DL> <A NAME="yang"> yang, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the active principle or element in Chinese dualistic philosophy, representing the male qualities of light and heat, in constant interaction with its opposing principle (yin). Ex. We have spent many a pleasant moment in the past, browsing among the packaged shark fins ... and contemplating the yang and the yin of things (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="yank"> yank, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD>v.t., v.i. to pull with a sudden motion; jerk; tug. Ex. The dentist yanked the tooth. ... where a lifting foresail-foot is yanking at the sheet (John Masefield). <DD>noun a sudden pull; jerk; tug. Ex. He had to give the door a yank in order to open it. </DL> <A NAME="yank"> Yank, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) Yankee. Ex. With all the publicity there has been, many authorities, Latin as well as Yank, also worry that expectations may be built too high (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="yankee"> Yankee, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. a native of New England. <DD> b. a native of any one of the Northern states. <DD> 2. (Southern U.S.) a Northerner (often used in an unfriendly way). <DD> 3. a native or inhabitant of the United States; American. <DD> 4. (U.S.) a code name for the letter y, used in transmitting radio messages. <DD>adj. of or having to do with Yankees. Ex. Yankee shrewdness. </DL> <A NAME="yankeedom"> Yankeedom, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Yankees collectively. <DD> 2. the region inhabited by Yankees. </DL> <A NAME="yankeedoodle"> Yankee Doodle,<DL COMPACT><DD> an American song, probably of English origin and taken over by the American soldiers in the Revolutionary War. </DL> <A NAME="yankeefied"> Yankeefied, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> made or become like a Yankee; characteristic of a Yankee. Ex. Japan is ... Yankeefied in more ways than one (New York Voice). </DL> <A NAME="yankeeism"> Yankeeism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Yankee character or characteristics. <DD> 2. a Yankee peculiarity, as of speech. Saying guess for think is a Yankeeism. </DL> <A NAME="yankeeland"> Yankeeland, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. New England. Ex. Gift shop operators in Yankeeland bought cautiously at the fall giftware show here [Boston] (Wall Street Journal). <DD> 2. the United States. Ex. The Dominion populace of 16 million is less than one-tenth of Yankeeland's 169 million (Wall Street Journal). <DD> 3. the northern part of the United States. Ex. bringing the precious "Southern way of life" to unenlightened Yankeeland? (Time). </DL> <A NAME="yanki"> yanki, noun, adjective. =yanqui.</DL> <A NAME="yannigan"> yannigan, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Baseball Slang.) a player not on the regular or starting team. </DL> <A NAME="yanqui"> yanqui or Yanqui, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> in Spanish America: <DD>noun a citizen of the United States. <DD>adj. of the United States or its citizens. Ex. This could be built up into the standard charge of "yanqui imperialism" (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="yao"> Yao (1), noun, pl. Yao or Yaos.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a member of a people living chiefly in southwestern China, but also found in the mountains of northern Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. <DD> 2. the language of this people. </DL> <A NAME="yao"> Yao (2), noun, pl. Yao or Yaos.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a member of a Bantu people of eastern Africa, living on the southeastern shores of Lake Nyasa. <DD> 2. the language of this people. </DL> <A NAME="yap"> yap, noun, verb, yapped, yapping.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a snappish bark; yelp. <DD> 2. (Slang, Figurative.) snappish, noisy, or foolish talk. <DD> 3. (Slang, Figurative.) a peevish or noisy person. <DD> 4. (Slang.) the mouth. Ex. every time McAlmon opens his yap (Atlantic). <DD>v.i. 1. to bark in a snappish way; yelp. Ex. The little dog yapped at every stranger who came to the door. <DD> 2. (Slang.) to talk snappishly, noisily, or foolishly. <DD> 3. (Slang.) to chatter or talk idly. Ex. They're always yapping about life (Philip Gibbs). noun yapper. </DL> <A NAME="yapese"> Yapese, noun, pl. -ese, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a native or inhabitant of Yap, an island in the Pacific. <DD>adj. of or having to do with the island of Yap or its people. </DL> <A NAME="yapok"> yapok or yapock, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a South and Central American water opossum, having webbed toes. </DL> <A NAME="yapp"> yapp, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a style of bookbinding in limp leather with overlapping edges or flaps. <DD>adj. of or having to do with this. </DL> <A NAME="yappy"> yappy, adjective, -pier, -piest.<DL COMPACT><DD> inclined to yap or yelp; yapping. Ex. a yappy dog. </DL> <A NAME="yaqona"> yaqona, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a traditional or ceremonial drink of the Fiji Islands, prepared from the dried roots of the kava. </DL> <A NAME="yaqui"> Yaqui, noun, pl. -qui or -quis, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a member of a tribe of American Indians in northwestern Mexico and Arizona. <DD>adj. of this tribe of Indians. </DL> <A NAME="yar"> yar, adjective. =yare (defs. 1 and 2).</DL> <A NAME="yarborough"> Yarborough or yarborough, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hand at whist or bridge with no card higher than a nine. </DL> <A NAME="yard"> yard (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a piece of ground near or around a house, barn, school, or other building. Ex. You can play outside, but you must not leave the yard. <DD> 2. a piece of enclosed ground for some special purpose or business. Ex. a chicken yard. (SYN) court, enclosure. <DD> 3. a space with tracks where railroad cars are stored, shifted around, or serviced, or where new trains are made up. Ex. His brother works in the railroad yards. <DD> 4. an open area in a prison used for recreation by prisoners. <DD> 5. (Especially U.S. and Canada.) an area in which moose and deer gather for feeding during winter. <DD>v.t. 1. to put into or enclose in a yard. Ex. to yard a flock of lambing ewes (London Times). <DD> 2. to store in a yard. Ex. to yard up wood. <DD>v.i. to gather for winter feeding. Ex. The area is full of game ... Deer yard in it (New York Times). expr. the Yard, =Scotland Yard. </DL> <A NAME="yard"> yard (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a measure of length equal to 36 inches or 3 feet, and equivalent to .9144 meter. Ex. Mother bought three yards of blue cloth for curtains. The football player ran 40 yards for a touchdown. <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr.) yd., y. <DD> 2. a long, slender beam or pole fastened across a mast, used to support a sail. <DD> 3. (Figurative, Informal.) a great length. Ex. He ... could talk by the yard of what little he did know (Wat Bradwood). He had a face a yard long (Henry James). <DD> 4. (Especially U.S. Slang.) 100 dollars. Ex. "Would you like to make an easy five yards, Eddy?" asks the driver (Maclean's). expr. the whole nine yards, (Informal.) everything that pertains to something; the whole series; the works. Ex. A 1983 Lincoln on Interstate 66 ... had "smoked windows, antennas, the whole nine yards," Richard reports (Washington Post). </DL> </DL> <A NAME="yard"> Yard, noun, pl. Yards or Yard.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) (in southeast Asia) a Montagnard. </DL> <A NAME="yardage"> yardage (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the service, use, or hire of a railroad yard or enclosure, as for storing freight or cattle. <DD> 2. the charge for such use. </DL> <A NAME="yardage"> yardage (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. length in yards. Ex. A high point of Nevers' college career was the 1925 Rose Bowl game against Notre Dame, in which he rolled up more yardage (134) than Notre Dame's famous Four Horsemen together (Newsweek). <DD> 2. an amount measured in yards. Ex. Textile executives contend the actual yardage of goods being sold, while not as good as they'd like, is "not bad" (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="yardarm"> yardarm, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> either end of a long, slender beam or pole which supports a square sail. </DL> <A NAME="yardbird"> yardbird, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD> 1. an army recruit. Ex. The hero is a bemused, irreverent yardbird who gets himself and his officers into every kind of Army-life trouble (Newsweek). <DD> 2. a member of any one of the armed forces, restricted to camp or given menial duties for breaking regulations. </DL> <A HREF="yardgood.dic">NEXT</A>