Defn: A bark; a yelp.
YAPOCK
Ya"pock, n. Etym: [Probably from the river Oyapok, between French
Guiana and Brazil.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum. [Written also yapack.]
YAPON
Ya"pon, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Yaupon.
YARAGE
Yar"age (; 48), n. Etym: [See Yare, a.] (Naut.)
Defn: The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; — said with reference to a ship. Sir T. North.
YARD
Yard, n. Etym: [OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, ierde, OS. gerda,
D. garde, G. gerte, OHG. gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. gaddr a goad,
sting, Goth. gazds, and probably to L. hasta a spear. Cf. Gad, n.,
Gird, n., Gride, v. i., Hastate.]
1. A rod; a stick; a staff. [Obs.] P. Plowman. If men smote it with a yerde. Chaucer.
2. A branch; a twig. [Obs.] The bitter frosts with the sleet and rain Destroyed hath the green in every yerd. Chaucer.