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The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.

The week last past; last week.

The year last past; last year.

Yester-evening; yesternight; last night. [R. or Scot.] Yestreen I did not know How largely I could live. Bp. Coxe.

See Yeasty. Shak.

Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell.

To give. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Given. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine- grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.

Made of yew; as, yewen bows.

To hiccough. [Written also yox, yux.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] He yexeth and he speaketh through the nose. Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to Yezdegerd, the last Sassanian monarch of Persia, who was overthrown by the Mohammedans; as, the Yezdegerdian era, which began on the 16th of June, a. d. 632. The era is still used by the Parsees.

Same as Izedi. Taylor.

Same as Izedi.

To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction. [Obs.] Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear. Shak.

See Avoyer. [Obs.]

One engaged in an affray.

To look after. [Poetic] Shak.

One who, or that which, allays.

Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. "An alleyed walk." Sir W. Scott.