YEARNFUL
Yearn"ful, a. Etym: [OE. , AS. geornfull.]
Defn: Desirous. [Obs.] Ormulum. P. Fletcher.
YEARNINGLY
Yearn"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: With yearning.
YEARNINGS
Yearn"ings, n. pl. Etym: [Cf. AS. geirnan, geyrnan, to rum. See 4th
Earn.]
Defn: The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used a rennet for curdling milk. [Scot.]
YEAR'S PURCHASE
Year's purchase.
Defn: The amount that is yielded by the annual income of property; — used in expressing the value of a thing in the number of years required for its income to yield its purchase price, in reckoning the amount to be paid for annuities, etc.
YEARTH
Yearth, n.
Defn: The earth. [Obs.] "Is my son dead or hurt or on the yerthe felled" Ld. Berners.