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Resembling, or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanly.

Pertaining to a yeoman; becoming or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanlike. B. Jonson. Well could he dress his tackle yeomanly. Chaucer.

The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] "His estate of yeomanry." Chaucer.

The European yellow-hammer.

Ere; before. [Obs.] Sylvester.

An herb; a plant.

See 1st & 2d Yard. [Obs.] Chaucer.

a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk. Their wounded steeds . . . Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters. Shak.

See 3d Yearn. [Obs.]

Eagerly; briskly; quickly. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. My hands and my tongue go so yerne. Chaucer.

An earthnut, or groundnut. See Groundnut (d). [Written also yarnut.]

See Erst. [Obs.] Sylvester.

Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to Ant: no.

See Yeast. Shak.

Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday. [An enemy] whom yester sun beheld Mustering her charms. Dryden.

The day last past; the day next before the present. All our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak. We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. Job viii. 9.

The evening of yesterday; the evening last past.

The morning of yesterday. Coleridge.

Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.

The last night; the night last past.