YEORLING
Yeor"ling, n. Etym: [Cf. Yellow.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European yellow-hammer.
YER
Yer, prep.
Defn: Ere; before. [Obs.] Sylvester.
YERBA
Yer"ba, n. Etym: [Sp.] (Bot.)
Defn: An herb; a plant.
Note: This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena Etym: [Sp., a good herb], a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (Mentha sativa, viridis, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii). Yerba dol osa. Etym: [Sp., herb of the she-bear.] A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica). — Yerba mansa. Etym: [Sp., a mild herb, soft herb.] A plant (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians. — Yerba reuma. Etym: [Cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism.] A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia).
YERD
Yerd, n.
Defn: See 1st & 2d Yard. [Obs.] Chaucer.
YERK
Yerk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yerked; p. pr. & vb. n. Yerking.] Etym:
[See Yerk.]