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<h1>The Letter Y</h1>
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<h2><i>To</i> YAM</h2>
<p>to eat heartily, to stuff
lustily.</p>
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<h2>YARMOUTH-<i>Capon</i></h2>
<p>a red Herring.</p>
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<h2>YARMOUTH-<i>Coach</i></h2>
<p>a sorry slow
Cart to ride on, drawn by one Horse.</p>
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<h2>YARMOUTH-<i>Pye</i></h2>
<p>made of Herrings,
highly spic'd, and presented by
the City of <i>Norwich</i> annually to the
King, on pain of forfeiting their Charter.</p>
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<h2>YARUM</h2>
<p>Milk, or Food made of
Milk.</p>
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<h2>YEA-<i>and-Nay-Men</i></h2>
<p>a Phrase originally
applied to Quakers; but now
used for any simple Fellows.</p>
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<h2>YELLOW</h2>
<p>at first used by the <i>Canters</i>
only, but now in common Speech,
for being jealous.</p>
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<h2>YELLOW-<i>Boy</i></h2>
<p>a Guinea, or Piece
of Gold of any Coin.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> YELP</h2>
<p>(from the <i>Yelping</i> of a Dog)
to cry, to bawl, to complain.</p>
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<h2>YELPER</h2>
<p>a Town-Cryer; also, one
subject to complain, or make pitiful
Lamentation for trifling Incidents.</p>
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<h2>YEST</h2>
<p>a Diminutive of <i>Yesterday</i>; a
Day ago.</p>
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<h2>YOAK'D</h2>
<p>married.</p>
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<h2>YORKSHIRE-<i>Tike</i></h2>
<p>a <i>Yorkshire</i>
Manner of Man.</p>
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