YUEN
Yu"en, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The crowned gibbon (Hylobates pileatus), native of Siam, Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely arboreal in its habits, and has very long arms. the males are dark brown or blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark hair, and usually with a white band around the face. The females are yellowish white, with a dark spot on the breast and another on the crown. Called also wooyen, and wooyen ape.
YUFTS
Yufts, n. Etym: [Russ. iufte.]
Defn: Russia leather.
YUG; YUGA
Yug, Yu"ga, n. Etym: [Skr. yuga an age, a yoke. See Yoke.] (Hindoo
Cosmog.)
Defn: Any one of the four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world.
YUKE
Yuke, v. i. & t.
Defn: Same as Yuck. [Prov. Eng.]
YULAN
Yu"lan, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A species of Magnolia (M. conspicua) with large white blossoms that open before the leaves. See the Note under Magnolia.