XANTHIC FLOWERS manors to the lord, for the liberty to pick up dried or broken wood. WOOD'-DOVE, n. See WOOD-PIGEON, WOOD-GELD, n. In law, the cutting of wood within the forest, or rather the money paid for the same. WOOD'IE, n. The gallows. [See WIDDY.] [Scotch.] WOOD'ING-PLAĆE, n. In the United States, a station on the banks of a river where steamboats stop to take in supplies of wood. WOOD'-LEOPARD, n. A beautiful white, black-spotted species of moth, Zeuzera æsculi. The caterpillar lives in the wood of trees. WOOD'-MOSS, n. Moss growing on wood. WOOD PECK, n. The woodpecker. WOOD'-SLAVE, n. An active little lizard, common in Jamaica (Mabouya agilis). WOODS'MAN, n. See WOODMAN. WOOD-STONE, n. [add.] Wood converted into hornstone. WOOD-WREN, n. Two species of warblers which visit Britain; one is the yellow wood-wren (Sylvia sibilatrix); the other is the willow-wren (Sylvia trochilus). They both leave in autumn. WOOLFE'S APPARATUS, n. See WOULFE'S APPARATUS. WOOLLENETTE', n. A thin woollen stuff. WORD, v. t. [add.] To deceive by fair language, or by empty faithless words. [Shak.\ WORD'LES,† a. Speechless. [Chaucer.] WORK, v. t. [add.] To agitate; to throw into vehement perturbation; to harass. [Shak.]-To purge. [Swift.] WORLDES,+ for WORLD's, genitive of World. Used in the sense of worldly; as, every worldes sore; my worldes bliss. [Chaucer.] XANTHOPHYLL WORS'TEAD,† n. Worsted. WORT. A termination. [See WORTH.] WORTH', v. i. [add.] To go; to climb; to mount. [Chaucer.] WORTH, n. [add.] Fortune; wealth. [Shak.] WORTH'INE OF LAND. A certain quantity of ground, so called in the manor of Kingsland, in Hereford. The tenants are called worthies. WŎRTS, n. plur. The generic name of cabbages. [Shak.] W OST,† for WOT'EST.† Knowest. [Chaucer.] WOT,† pret. of Wot. Knew. [Chaucer.] WOTE,† v. i. See WoT. [Chaucer.] WOULD, v. t. Same as WOOLD. WOUND, n. [add.] Gunshot-wounds, those caused by hard metallic bodies projected from fire-arms. WOUND, pp. of Wind. Twisted round; as, I am all wound with adders. [Shak.|| WOU'RALY SHRUB, n. The Strychnos toxifera. [See WOURALI.] WO'VEN, pp. of Weave. WOWE,†) WOE,tv.t. To woo. WOW ED,† pret. [See Woo.] Wooed; courted. [Spenser.] WOWF, a. Wayward; wild; unreclaimed; disordered in intellect. [Scotch.] WOXE,† pret. of Waxe or Wexe (Wax). Grew. [Chaucer.] WRACK,† n. (rak.) Destruction of a ship by winds or rocks; ruin; wreck. [Shak.] WRACK,† v. t. (răk.) To destroy in the water; to wreck; to torture; to rack. WRACKE,† n. [See WRECK.] Ruin; violence. [Spenser.] WRAIE,+ v. t. [See BEWRAY] To beWRAY,†) tray; to discover. [Chaucer.] WRAIK, n. A kind of sea-weed. [See WRECK.] WRAIN-STAFF, STAVES. n. See WRING WRAPT,† pp. [See WRAPPED.] Involved; entangled; encumbered. [Spenser.] WRÄTH,† v. t. To cause wrath or anger. [Chaucer.] WRÄTH'EN,† v. t. infin. To make angry. [Chaucer.] WRAWE,ta. [This word seems to be WORM'-OIL, n. An oil obtained from WRAW, connected with brawl, the seeds of the Chenopodium anthelminticum. It is a powerful anthelmintic. WORM'-SHELL, n. The species of the genus Vermetus; so called from their long twisted shape. WOR'RETING, n. Contention; wrangling. Worry-carl means a snarling illnatured person. [Scotch.] WOR'RIECOW, n. A hobgoblin; a bugbear; a scarecrow; the devil. (Scotch.] WORRY, n. Perplexity; trouble; harassing turmoil; as, the worry of business; the worry of politics. [Colloq.] WORSE, n. Something less good; the loss, not the advantage; not the better; as, he was put to the worse. wrangle, wrath, wreak, writhe, and wry, and is most probably a corruption of wry.] Angry; peevish. [Chaucer.] WRAWL,† v. i. To bestow care and WRALL, anxiety upon anything; to moan. [See WRAWL in Dict.] [Chaucer, Spenser.] WRAW'NESS,† n. Peevishness; frowardness. [Chaucer.] WRAY,† v. t. See WRAIE in this Supp. [Chaucer.] WREAK'E D,† pret. [See RECK.] XANTHOUS forfeiture of shipwrecked goods and vessels, as the Cinque-ports. This pri vilege was granted to these ports by a charter of Edward I. WRENCH, v. t. [add.] To pervert. [Shak.] WRENCH'ES,† n. pl. [See WRENCH.] Wrethen in fere, twisted together. [Chaucer.] WREYE, v. t. See WRAIE in this Supp. [Chaucer.] WRIE,† v. t. [Sax. wrigan.] To array; to cover; to cloak. WRIE,† v. i. [See WRY, WRITHE.] To turn; to incline. [Chaucer.] WRIGGLER, n. [add.] One who works himself forward by unremitted and varied employment of base means. [Cowper.] ŴRINE,† for WRI'EN,† infin. of Wrie. To cover; to conceal; to cloak. [Chaucer.] WRINK'LE, n. An idea; a notion; a fancy. [Local.] WRIT, n. [add.] A great number of writs were abolished by the Act 3 and 4 Wm. IV., c. 27. WRITH'ING,† n. A twisting; a turning. [Chaucer.] WRITH'LED, pp. or a. Wrinkled. [Shah.] WRITING, n. [add.] Obligatory writings, in law, bonds. WROK'EN,† pp. of Wreak. Revenged. [Spenser.] WRONGE,† pp. of Wring. Wrung. [Chaucer.] WRONG-HEAD, a. Wrong-headed. WROTE,† v. i. or t. [Sax. wrotan.] To dig with the snout, as swine do. [See ROOT.] [Chaucer.] WRY'ING, ppr. Deviating from the right path. [Shak.] WUD, a. Mad. [See WOOD.] [Scotch.] WUD'DY, n. See WOODIE in this Supp. WULL, n. Will.—What's yer wull, what is your pleasure. [Scotch.] WULL-A-WINS, exclam. Woe is me! [Scotch.] WULL-CAT, n. The wild-cat; cat-amountain. [Scotch.] WUN, v. t. To win; to get in all its senses. [Scotch.] WUNNA, Will not. [Scotch.] WIN'NA. S WUSS, v. t. or i. To wish. [Scotch.] WUZ ZEN,† pp. or a. [See WIZEN.] WIZ'ZEN, Dried; withered. [Scotch.] WYDE,† n. for VOID. An empty space. [Spenser.] WYL'IE-COAT, n. A boy's flannel under-dress, next the shirt; a flannel petticoat. [Scotch.] WYTE, n. Blame. WYTE,† v. t. [See WITE.] To blame; to reprove. [Spenser.] WYT ED, pp. Blamed. WYT EN,† pres. tense pl. of Wyte or WITEN, Wite. [Spenser.] YARKE XENODOCHIE UM, instead of XEN- XENODOCHI'UM, n. Same as XENO DOCHEUM. XE'NOPS, n. [Gr. ¿svos, strange, and a, the countenance.] A genus of insessorial birds of South America, allied to the nuthatches. The X. genibarbis has a bill different from that of any other bird. XIBA'RO, n. A wild dog found in St. Domingo. XIPH'IAS DORA'DO, n. The Swordfish, a modern southern constellation consisting of seven stars. XIPHID ́IUM, n. A genus of plants with sword-shaped leaves, nat. order Hæmodoracea. X. album is a native of the West Indies. XYLITIC ACID, n. An acid obtained by treating anhydrous xylite with hydrate of potash. [See XYLITE.] XYLOBAL'SAMUM, n. [add.] A balsam obtained by decoction of the twigs Y [add.] Y, at the beginning of many YAUD, n. A jade; a mare. [Scotch.] old words, especially verbs and participles, is merely a corruption of the Sax. ge. What the power of it may have been originally, it seems difficult to determine. For the most part, it does not appear to have any effect upon the sense of a word; but in some cases it serves to increase or augment the signification, by denoting a prolongation or continuity of action, motion, or sensation. In such cases, it would appear to have the force of go; and we still find current, in the north of England, such phrases as, I must go see, go build, go plant, &c. Only a few of the words found in Chaucer with the prefix y are inserted in this Supplement; the significations of the others will be found by turning to the same words without the prefix, there being no difference, for instance, in signification between y-blessed, y-granted, &c., and blessed, granted. YA,† adv. Yea; yes. [Chaucer.] YAG GER, n. A hunter; a ranger about YALD, a. Supple; active; athletic. YALTE,† for YELTE. Yieldeth. [Chau- YAM'MERED, pret. [See YAMER.] YARK, v. t. See YERK. YAR KE, n. The native name of different South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. YAUD. Far yaud, the cry made by a YAUP, n. The cry of a bird or of a child. YAVE, pret. of Yeve. Gave. [Chaucer.] Y-BETE,† pp. of Beat. Beaten; Y-BORE, rp. of Bere (Bear). Borne; Y-CHAP ́PED,† pp. Furnished with YE,† adv. Yea; yes.-Ye, wis, yea, cer- YEARN, v. t. To cause to coagulate or YEARNING, n. Rennet. [Scotch.] YED DINGES, † n. plur. [Qu., Ice. gæda, to ornament; Scot. yed, to fib, to magnify in narration.] Stories; tales; romances. [Chaucer.] YEDE,† pret. of Yead (Go). Went. [Chaucer.] YEFTE,† n. plur. Yeftes. A gift. [Chau cer.] YELDE,† v. t. To yield; to give; to YELL'EDEN,† pret. plur. of Yell. YELL'OCH, v. i. To scream; to shriek. YELL'OCH, n. A shrill cry; a yell. YELL'OCHED, pret. of Yelloch. Raised YELLOW EARTH, n. [add.] This YELLOW SNAKE, n. A large species of boa, common in Jamaica. It is the Chilabothrus inornatus, Duméril. and Bibron. It is from eight to ten feet long. YELLOW SUЄ'CORY, n. A plant, the Pieris pieracroides (Linn.) YELLOW WALL-LICHEN, n. A species of lichen,the Parmelia parietina, which grows on trees and walls. It is bitter, yields a yellow colouring matter, and is used in intermittent fevers. YELLOW WASH, n. A lotion for ulcers, formed by the decomposition of corrosive sublimate in lime - water, which occasions a precipitate of a deep yellow colour. YELLOW YOLD’RING, Įn. A bird, YELLOW YOR'LING, the yellow hammer. [Scotch.] ZEBRA-WOOD YELPE,† v. i. [See YELP.] To prate; to boast. [Chaucer.] YELTE, † for YELDETH. Yieldeth. [Chaucer.] YE'MAN, n. A yeoman. [Chaucer.] YE'MANRIE,† n. Yeomanry; the rank of yeomen. [Chaucer.] YE MEN,† n. plur. Yeomen. [Chaucer.] YEO'MAN,n. [add.] A bailiff's follower. [Shak.] YER. Your. [Scotch.] YERDE,† n. A yard; a rod; a staff.- See YERNE,† a. [Sax. yrnan, to run. EARNEST, and YEARN.] Brisk; eager. [Chaucer.] YERNE, adv. Briskly; eagerly; earnestly; early.-As yerne, soon; immediately. [Chaucer.] YERNE,† v. i. To yearn; to desire; to seek eagerly. [Chaucer.] YERN'ING,† n. Activity; diligence; earnestness. [Chaucer.] YESTERDAY, adv. On the day last past. YES TERNIGHT, adv. On the night last past. YESTREEN',n. Last night; yesternight. [Scotch.] YESTY, a. [add.] Stormy; enraged. [Tooke.] YET'EN,† pp. of Yete (Get). Gotten. [Chaucer.] YEVE,† v. t. To give. [Chaucer.] YEVE,+ pp. Given. [Chaucer.] YEW TREE, n. See YEW. Y-FALLE',tpp. of Fall. Fallen. [Chaucer.] Y-FEIN ED,† pp. of Feine (Feign). Feigned; pretended.-The hestes of lordes may not ben y-feined, the commands of sovereigns may not be executed with a feigned or pretended zeal; they must be executed strictly and fully. [Chaucer.] Y-FOND'EN,† pp. of Fonde (Find). Found. [Chaucer.] Y-FOS'TERED,† pp. Educated; nourished. [Chaucer.] Y-FRET EN,† pp. [See FRETTE in this Supp.] Devoured. [Chaucer.] Y-GET EN,† pp. Gotten. [Chaucer.] Y-GLOS ED,† pp. [See GLOZE.] Flattered. [Chaucer.] Y-GO', pp. Gone. [Chaucer.] Y-GRAVE', † pp. Buried; entombed. [Chaucer.] Y-HAL OWED,† pp. Hallowed; kept holy. [Chaucer.] Y-HERD',† pp. Haired; covered with hair. [Chaucer.] ZERO Y-HOLD',† pp. Obliged; beholden. [Chaucer.] YIELD, v. t. [add.] To reward; as, may the gods yield you for it. [Shak.] YIN, n. or a. One. [Scotch.] YINCE. Once. [Scotch.] YIRK',† v. t. [See YERK.] To beat; to lash. Spenser.] Y-JAP'ED,† pp. [See JAPE.] Tricked; deceived. Chaucer.] alike. Y-LES SED,† pp. [See LISSED in this YMPT,† pp. [See IMP.] Engrafted; joined. Spenser.] YNOUGH, adv. Enough. [Chaucer.] YNOW',† +} YODE,† pret. of Yede. Went. [Spenser.] YOL DEN,† pp. of Yelde (Yield). Yielded; given; repaid. [Chaucer.] YÖLK'-BAG, n. The sac or bag which contains the yolk of the ovule, or unfertilized egg. YON, adv. [add.] There; yonder; beyond. [Scotch.] YOND,† prep. Beyond. [Spenser.] YONG HEDE,† n. [Young, and term. head or hood.] Youth. [Chaucer.] YONGTH,† n. Youth. [Spenser.] YOOK,} v. i. To itch. [Scotch.] YEUK, ZHO Y-REK'EN,† pp. [Reken, for rehand. See REEK.] Reeking; smoking; smouldering. [Chaucer.] YREN,† n. Iron. [Chaucer.] Y-RON NEN,† pp. Run. [Chaucer.] YSAME', pp. [From Sax. samnian, to collect or bring together. See SUMMON.] Collected together. [Spenser.] Y-SAT ELID,† pp. Settled; established. [Chaucer.] YSE,† n. Ice. [Chaucer.] Y-SERVED,† Served; treated. [Chaucer.] Y-SETTE',† pp. Set; placed; appointed. [Chaucer.] Y-SHENT, pp. of Shend. Ruined; undone; disgraced; damaged. [Chaucer.] Y-SHŎVE',† pp. [See SHOVE.] Thrust or pushed forwards. [Chaucer.] Y-SLAWE,† pp. of Sle (Slay). Slain. [Chaucer.] Y-SOWE,† rp. of Sow. Sown. [Chaucer.] Y-SPREINT'† pp. of Sprenge Y-STORV EN,† pp. of Sterve (Starve), Y-THEW ED,† pp. Having qualities; Y-TWIGHT,† pp. of Twitch. Twitched; YVE, n. Ivy. [Chaucer.] pulled; plucked. [Chaucer.] Y'VEL,† a. Evil; bad; unfortunate. [Chaucer.] Y'VEL,† adv. Ill; badly. [Chaucer.] Y'VOIRE,† n. (i'vwar.) [Fr. ivoire.] Ivory. Chaucer.] YOUN'GER, n. A youngling. [Shak.] YOU'-STONE, n. Chinese jade; a zeolitic substance. YOUTH'EDE,† n. Youthhood; youth. [Chaucer.] Worn. [Chaucer.] Y-WER RID,† pp. of Wirry (Worry). Y-WEX ETH.†[See WEX in this Supp.] Y-WIMP ́LED,† pp. Covered with a YOVE,† pret, of Yeve. Gave. [Chaucer.] YOWE, n. A ewe. [Scotch.] YOXE,† v. i. [See YEX, Yux.] To cough or hiccup. [Chaucer] Y-PIK'ED,† pp. [See PICK, PIKE.] Picked; pointed; having sharp-pointed peaks; smart; spruce; foppishly dressed. Chaucer.] Y-QUEINT,† pp. Quenched. [Chaucer.] Y-REIGHT',† pp. [See REACH.] Reached. [Chaucer.] Certainly; verily; truly. [Chaucer.] Y-WOXE',† pp. of Wox (Wax). Grown; increased. [Chaucer.] Y-WRAKE', pret. of Wreke (Wreak). Wreaked; revenged. [Chaucer.] Y-WRIE', pp. of Wrie. Covered. [Chaucer] Y-WRONGE',† pp. of Wring. Wrung. [Chaucer.] ZAF FIR. See ZAFFRE. ZAM BO, n.The progeny of an Indian SAM'BO, and a negro. ZEAG'ONITE, n. A Vesuvian mineral referred to the harmotome or crossstone. ZE BRA-WOOD, n. A timber imported from South America. Its colours consist of brown on a white ground, clouded with black, and each strongly con 7. trasted, and somewhat resembling the skin of a zebra. It is used in the manufacture of furniture. ZEIN, ZE'INE, instead of ZEIN, ZEINE. ZE'RO, n. [add.] A term used to denote a cypher placed between the ascending and descending numbers of a scale or series. Absolute zero, the imaginary point in the scale of temperature at 413 which the whole heat is exhausted. It is the expression of absolute cold, or privation of caloric. ZERO-POINT, n. In astr., that point of the equinoctial through which the hourcircle passes, from which all others are reckoned. This point (Aries), is also the zero-point of all right ascensions counted on the equinoctial. ZHO, n. A domestic ruminant mammal ZOANTHIDÆ common in the Himalayas. It is the progeny of the Make yak with the cow. ZINE, n. [add.] Impure oxide of zinc, or furnace-cadmia, tutty,-which see. ZINC-BLOOM, n. A mineral substance of the same composition as calamine. ZINE'OID, a. [Zincum, zinc, and Gr. udes, likeness.] Resembling zinc; pertaining to zine; a term applied to the zincous plate which is in connection with a copper plate in a voltaic circle, and denoting the positive pole or zincode; the chlorous plate which is in connection with a zinc plate being termed the chloroid plate, or negative pole. ZINCOL'YSIS, n. [Zincum, and Gr. Au to decompose.] A term in electrochemistry equivalent to electrolysis, denoting a mode of decomposition occasioned by the inductive action of the affinities of zinc, or the positive metal. ZINCOLYTE, n. A term equivalent to electrolyte, denoting a body decomposible by electricity, the decomposition being occasioned by the action of zinc, or the positive metal. ZINE'OUS, a. [add.] Zincous element, the basic or primary element of a binary compound.-Zincous pole, that pole of a particle of zinc, or of hydrochloric acid, which has the attraction or affinity which is characteristic of zinc, or zincous attraction. ZOANTHIDÆ,n. De Blainville's name ZORILLA for a family of Zoantharia, comprising animals which are coriaceous, simple or compound, fixed; tentacula marginal, surrounding the mouth. ZOIL'EAN, a. Relating to Zoilus, a severe critic on Homer; illiberal; unjustly severe. ZO'NA, n. [L.] A zone or belt. ZONE'LESS, a. [add.] Ungirded; dissolute. ZO'NIЄ, n. A girdle; a zone. [Rare.] ZO'NULE, n. A little zone, band, or belt. ZONU'RIDÆ, n. A family of saurian reptiles. ZOO. This prefix is divided into two syllables, thus, zō-o. ZO'O¤ÄRP, n. For " ZooSPERE," read ZOOSPORE. ZOO¤ÄRP'ES, n. [Gr. way, an animal, and agros, fruit.] The name given to certain organized bodies, which have been variously considered as animals, as plants, and as partaking of the characters of each. They are found among the lower forms of algæ. ZOOG ONY, n. [Gr. wor, and youn, generation.] The doctrine of the formation of the organs of living beings. ZO'ON, n. [Gr. ¿wov.] An animal. ZOONÓMIA, n. See ZOONOMY. ZOOPHY TA, Į n. See ZOOPHYTE. ZOOPHY TES,) ZORIL'LA, n. A genus of carnivorous quadrupeds closely allied to the weasels, 414 ZYMOTIC of which a species (Z. striata) is found in South Africa. ZOUAVES', n. plur. [From Zouaous, a Kabyle or Berber tribe; or from Shawi, meaning nomads, applied to the Berbers in Algeria, and corrupted in Tunis into Suav, whence the French form Zouave.] Light infantry corps in the French army, organized in Algeria, and originally intended to be composed exclusively of the Kabyle tribe, whence the name is derived, but which, having gradually changed its character, is now constituted almost exclusively of Frenchmen. The picturesque Arab dress has, however, been retained. ZU BENELY, n. A star, second magnitude, in Libra; also called ẞ Libra. ZU BENESCH, n. A star of the second magnitude in Libra; also called a Libra. ZU BERNICH MELI, n. A star of the second magnitude in Libra. ZYGOPHYL’LUM,n. A genus of plants, nat, order Zygophyllacea. The Z. fabago of Linn. is the bean-caper. ZYMOSIM ETER, n. See ZYMOMETER. ZYMOTI€, a. [Gr. vu to ferment.] A term introduced by the registrar. general, and used to characterize the entire class of epidemic, endemic, and contagious diseases. The term is objectionable, as involving a theory of disease, but convenient, as grouping together diseases which are allied by the similarity of predisposing causes. |