YONI
Yo"ni, n. Etym: [Skr. y.] (Hindoo Myth.)
Defn: The symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. Lingam.
YONKER
Yon"ker, n. Etym: [See Younker.]
Defn: A young fellow; a younker. [Obs. or Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.
YORE Yore, adv. Etym: [OE. , yare, , AS. geára;akin to geár a year, E. year. Year.]
Defn: In time long past; in old time; long since. [Obs. or Poetic]
As it hath been of olde times yore. Chaucer.
Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, Yet I to them for
judgment just do fly. Spenser.
Of yore, of old time; long ago; as, in times or days of yore. "But
Satan now is wiser than of yore." Pope.
Where Abraham fed his flock of yore. Keble.
YORKER
York"er, n. (Cricket)
Defn: A tice.
YORK RITE
York rite. (Freemasonry)
Defn: The rite or ceremonial observed by one of the Masonic systems, deriving its name from the city of York, in England; also, the system itself, which, in England, confers only the first three degrees.