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19 words match “YAF”

YAF n.
Gave. See Give. Chaucer.
YAFFINGALE n.
The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]
YAFFLE n.
laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack.
ECCLE n.
The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]
GREEN a.
-- Green woodpecker (Zoöl.), a common European woodpecker (Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.
HEWHOLE n.
The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle.
HIGH-HOE n.
The European green woodpecker or yaffle. [Written also high- hoo.]
MOUNTAIN a.
of Geology. -- Mountain linnet (Zoöl.), the twite. -- Mountain magpie. (Zoöl.) (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. (b) The European gray shrike. -- Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany. -- Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite, occurring as an efflorescence. -- Mountain milk (Min.), a s…
NICKLE n.
The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nicker pecker.
SNAPPER n.
The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
SPRITE n.
The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
WHETILE n.
The green woodpecker, or yaffle. See Yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]
WHITILE n.
The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]
WOOD n.
le has a brilliant gorget of blue, purple, and other colors. -- Wood sucker (Zoöl.), the yaffle. -- Wood swallow (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Old World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and allied genera of the family Artamidæ. They are common in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form a…
WOODCHUCK n.
The yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]
WOODHACK; WOODHACKER n.
The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]
WOODKNACKER n.
The yaffle.
WOODWALL n.
The yaffle. [Written also woodwale, and woodwele.]
YOCKEL n.
The yaffle.