X

X Numerically signifies Ten.

XERXES, a King of Persia, the Son of Darius and the Grand­son of Cyrus, who entered the Hellespont with so vast a Fleet that it filled it, having 1000000 of Men who were defeated by the Greeks.

Y

YACHT, a small Ship or Plea­sure Boat.

YALDING, a Town in Kent 27 Miles from London.

YANESBURY, a Town in Wiltshire.

YARD, a Measure of three Feet in Length, a Court belong­ing to a House, a Man's Privy Member.

YARMOUTH, a famous Har­bour in Norfolk 100 Miles from London.

YARN, spun Wool.

YARROW, the Herb Milfoil.

To YAUL, to bawl or cry out.

YEA, yes.

YEAR, the time the Sun takes up in going through the 12 Signs of the Zodiack, and the Year is also Solar or Lunar. The Solar Year is that time the Sun takes up to go from one point of the Ecliptick to the same again, and contains 365 Days, 5 Hours, and 12 Minutes; the Lunar con­tains 12 Lunations and is less than the Solar by 11 Days, the exact Duration being 354 Days, 8 Hours and 48 Minutes.

YEARLING, a Beast a year old.

YEARLY, by the Year, every Year, annually.

To YEARN, to be moved with Compassion, as my Bowels Yearn.

YEARNING, Commiseration.

YEAST, the Froth in the working of new Beer, Ale, &c.

YE, You.

To YEAL, to make a dreadful howling Noise.

YELLOW, a Colour like that of Gall.

To YELP, to cry like a Fox, Dog, &c.

YEOMAN, the first Degree of the Commons, Freeholders who have Land of their own and live on Good-husbandry; an inferior Member of a Company or Corpo­ration.

YEOMAN of the Guard, a sort of Foot Guards, whose Office is to wait on the King in his Houses; also abroad by Water or Land.

YEOMANRY, the Body of Yeoman.

To YERK, to jerk or whip, to wince or throw out the Legs as a Horse does.

YES, an affirmative Adverb.

YESTERDAY, the Day im­mediately past.

YET, still, to this time, also notwithstanding, nevertheless.

YEW, a Tree which generally grows in the most barren Places and coldest Mountains.

YEW, a Female Sheep. See Ewe.

To YEX, to Hickup or Sob.

To YIELD, to give or grant, to produce or bring forth, to sur­render, to give over or up, to part with, to make over, to submit, to give way.

YIELDING, which yields, brings forth, gives up, &c. sub­missive, complaisant, pliant.

YOAK, a Frame of Wood to couple Oxen for drawing, or to put over the Neck of Swine or other unruly Beast, also a Device to carry Pails upon.

YOKE-Fellow, one who bears the same Burden with another, especially a Wife or Husband.

YOLK of an Egg, the Yellow part of an Egg.

YON, Yonder.

YORE, heretofore, anciently, as in the Days of Yore.

YORK, the next City in esteem to London in England, 150 Miles from London.

YOU, thou or ye.

YOUR, belonging to you.

YOUNG, Youthful, not Old, having been but a small time.

YOUNGER, more Young.

YOUNGEST, the most Young of all

YOUNGSTER, an airy brisk young Man, a raw or unexperienc­ed Youth, a Novice.

YOUNKER, a lofty Lad.

YOUTH, tender Age, the State and Condition of young People, or their Persons.

A YOUTH, a young Man, a Lad.

YOUTHFUL, belonging to a Youth, Young, Vigorous, Brisk, Gay, full of Play, Frolicksome.

YOUTHFULLY, after a youthful Manner

YOUTHFULNESS, the be­ing Youthfull, Briskness.

To YUX, to Sob or Sigh.

Z

ZABULON, ZEBULON, a proper Name of one of the Patriarchs.

ZACHARIAH, the Name of a Prophet.

ZAHAB, a Hebrew Coin about 1 l.. 10 s. in Value.Zahab: no word-entry for "Zahab" found in OED.

A ZANI, one who makes it his Business to move Laughter by his Gestures, Actions, and Speeches, a Buffoon, a Merry Andrew, a Jackpudding.

ZEAL, an earnest Passion for any thing, especially for Religion, and the Welfare of one's Country.

A ZEALOT, a Zealous Per­son, a great Stickler or Party Man, principally in Matters of Religion.

ZEALOUS, full of Zeal.

ZEALOUSLY, in a zealous manner.

ZEBRA, an Indian Beast like a Mule

ZEDEKIAH, the Son of Joseph, King of Israel.

ZENITH, a point in the Hea­vens, just over the Head.

ZEPHYRUS, the West Wind.

ZERO, a Word used for a Cy­pher or Nought, especially by the French.

ZERUBBABEL, eminent for his Zeal in rebuilding the Temple of Jerusalem.

ZEST, the woody thick Skin that quarters the Kernel of a Wall­nut, also a Chip of Orange or Lemon Peel, such as is usually squeezed into Wine, Ale, &c.

To ZEST, to cut the Peel from Top to Bottom in small Slips as thin as possible.

ZEUS, a black Fish very deli­cate, taken about Cadiz, a Daice.

ZEUXIS, an antient Grecian Painter, who lived about 400 Years before Christ, and brought Pain­ting, then in its infancy, to great Perfection

ZIMRI, an Usurper of the King­dom of Israel, who killed his Ma­ster Ela.