Browse Entries: Y

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Y.T.

1. a territory in Northwestern Canada, established June 13, 1898.

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yaffle

1. n. an armful, usually of fish, usually cod, and occasionally kindling.

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Yangee

1. n. See quotes.

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Yankee ((adj.))

1. adj. native to the United States.

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Yankee ((n.))

1. n. a native or citizen of the United States, originally a New Englander.

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Yankee Democrat

1. in Upper Canada, a supporter of the Radicalism adopted by many post-Loyalist American immigrants and others.

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Yankee fix

1. a compromising situation.

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Yankee gang

1. a kind of gang saw.

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Yankee leave

1. leave taken secretly or without permission; French leave.

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Yankee lingo

1. speech characteristic of Americans, in early use with special reference to New England speech; American English.

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Yankee pedlar

1. an American trader, especially on the Pacific Coast; the vessel of such a trader.

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Yankee shave

1. an instance of sharp practice.

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Yankee sleigh

1. See Yankeefied (def. 1a) 1788 quote.

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Yankee tea

1. a beverage made from steeped hemlock needles and twigs.

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Yankee war

1. the War of 1812.

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Yankee-town

1. n. York, Upper Canada, so called because it was said to be the political headquarters of the Radicals, who were accused of being Yankees (def. 2c).

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Yankeedom

1. n. the United States.

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Yankeefied

1. adj. of things, so made as to be characteristic of the United States and its people.

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Yankeeish

1. adj. like an American.

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Yankeeism

1. n. the quality that characterizes the United States or its people in their speech, customs, political views, etc.

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Yankeeland

1. n. the United States.

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Yankified

1. adj.

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yard ((n.))

1. n. a browsing area where a group of moose or deer in winter tread down the snow, remaining there for protection and warmth until the fodder within easy reach is exhausted.

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yard ((v.))

1. v. of moose and deer, stay or establish themselves in a yard (def. 1a).

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yard up

1. v. of moose and deer, stay or establish themselves in a yard (def. 1a).

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yarded (up)

1. adj. of moose or deer, grouped in a yard (def. la).

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yarder

1. n. a donkey or other engine rigged to haul logs from the woods to the track, skidroad, or landing.

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yarder engineer

1. an operator of a yarder.

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yarding

1. n. the assembling and stacking of logs in yards (def. 3).

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yarding engineer

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yea

1. interj. a dog-driver's command calling for a turn to the right.

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yearly servant

1. a person accepting employment with the Hudson's Bay Company on a year-to-year basis of engagement.

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yellow bear

1. a subspecies of the black bear.

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yellow birch

1. a species of birch, Betula lutea, found in central and eastern Canada; also, the hard wood of this tree.

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yellow cake

1. semirefined uranium ore; uranium oxide concentrate.

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yellow cedar

1. a species of evergreen, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, of the Pacific Coast.

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yellow cypress

1. a species of evergreen, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, of the Pacific Coast.

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yellow stripe

1. a member of the Royal Canadian (formerly, North West) Mounted Police.

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yellow-bellied marmot

1. a species of marmot, Marmota flaviventris, closely related to the hoary marmot.

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Yellowback

1. n. an Orangeman.

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yellowlegs

1. n. pl. a member of the Royal Canadian (formerly, North West) Mounted Police.

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Yengee

1. n.

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York

1. n. the standard of currency established at New York, where the dollar was set as equivalent to eight shillings, a unit of account used during much of the colonial period in Montreal, Quebec City, and Upper Canada.

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York boat

1. an inland freight boat, descended from the bateau, in common use from the early 1820's but used for tripping as early as 1790, and finally withdrawn from service entirely about 1930.

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York currency

1. the standard of currency established at New York, where the dollar was set as equivalent to eight shillings, a unit of account used during much of the colonial period in Montreal, Quebec City, and Upper Canada.

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York money

1. the standard of currency established at New York, where the dollar was set as equivalent to eight shillings, a unit of account used during much of the colonial period in Montreal, Quebec City, and Upper Canada.

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York pound

1. See quote.

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York shilling

1. one shilling York currency (12 1/2 cents).

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yorker

1. n. a York shilling.

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Yorkite

1. n. a person who supported the retention of York currency as a standard of exchange.

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you

1. interj.

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Youcon

1. n.

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Young Canada

1. a political party formed in the early 1850's by young Canadians who had had enough of the bickering that was characteristic within the old-line parties and who wanted to advance the concept of Canadian nationhood as opposed to the then active movement toward annexation to the United States.

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Young Canada party

1. a political party formed in the early 1850's by young Canadians who had had enough of the bickering that was characteristic within the old-line parties and who wanted to advance the concept of Canadian nationhood as opposed to the then active movement toward annexation to the United States.

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Young Canadian party

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young ice

1. See 1958 quote.

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young offender

1. n. a criminal under the age of majority.

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youngster

1. n. See 1792 quote.

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youth allowance

1. See quote.

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Yukon

1. n. a department of the Hudson's Bay Company in the region now known as the Yukon Territory. Usually spelled Youcon.

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Yukon boat

1. a type of square-backed boat.

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Yukon chimney

1. a safety chimney consisting of two concentric sheet-metal cylinders joined at top and bottom by perforated collars which allow an exchange of air, thus preventing over-heating of the stovepipe, which passes upward within the inner cylinder.

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Yukon Gold

1. n. a variety of potato with yellowish skin and flesh (see Image 1).

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Yukon holly

1. the bearberry, especially its leaves as used for smoking.

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Yukon pipe

1. a safety chimney consisting of two concentric sheet-metal cylinders joined at top and bottom by perforated collars which allow an exchange of air, thus preventing over-heating of the stovepipe, which passes upward within the inner cylinder.

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Yukon sled

1. a simple wooden platform mounted on turned-up runners of wood or metal, about ten feet long and sixteen inches wide (so as to be able to follow the narrow trails) and about four inches off the ground.

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Yukon sleigh

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Yukon stove

1. a kind of airtight burner identified with the Yukon.

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Yukon stovepipe

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Yukon Territory

1. a territory in Northwestern Canada, established June 13, 1898.

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Yukon welcome

1. the greeting "Chimo, Cheechakos!"

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yuniak

1. n. See picture at oomiak.

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