OBSCURE WORDS Y

yamen
n. - official residence.
  yammer
v. -i. complain peevishly; whine; howl.
  yarborough
n. - hand of cards containing no card above a nine.
  yardang
n. - ridged area of land caused by wind erosion
  yare
adj. - nimble, brisk; ready.
  yashmak
n. - veil of Muslim women.
  yataghan
n. - Muslim long curved knife.
  yawl
n. - ship's small rowing-boat; small sailing vessel with from one to
three lugsails; small fore-and-aft rigged vessel with mizzen-mast
abaft rudder post.
  yaws
n. - contagious skin disease resembling syphilis.
  yclept
adj. - word which means so-named
  ydromancy
n. - fortunetelling with water
  yean
v. - bring forth (lamb or kid). yeanling, n. lamb or kid.
  yestreen
n. - the night before
  yom
n. - 'day'. yom Kippur, 'day of atonement', a solemn Jewish fast. yom
Tob, 'good day'; religious festival; Sabbath.
  ypsiliform
adj. - shaped like Greek Upsilon. ypsiloid, adj.