YELLOWTHROAT
Yel"low*throat`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of American ground warblers of the genus Geothlypis, esp. the Maryland yellowthroat (G. trichas), which is a very common species.
YELLOWTOP
Yel"low*top`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of grass, perhaps a species of Agrostis.
YELLOWWOOD
Yel"low*wood`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.
YELLOWWORT
Yel"low*wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora perfoliata). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.
YELP
Yelp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yelped; p. pr. & vb. n. Yelping.] Etym:
[OE. yelpen, , to boast, boast noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan;
akin to OHG. gelph arrogant: cf. Icel. gjalpa to yelp. Cf. Yap.]
1. To boast. [Obs.] I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe. Chaucer.