Vocabulary : Yanking to Yardfuls

Yanking : of Yank
Yaourt : A fermented drink, or milk beer, made by the Turks.
Yap : To bark; to yelp. ;; A bark; a yelp.
Yapock : A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum.
Yapon : Same as Yaupon.

Yarage : The power of moving, or being managed, at sea; -- said with reference to a ship.
Yard : A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc. ;; A rod; a stick; a staff. ;; A branch; a twig. ;; A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc. ;; A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure. ;; The penis. ;; A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship. ;; An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard. ;; An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard. ;; To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.
Yardarm : Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard, from the center or mast to the end.
Yardful : As much as a yard will contain; enough to fill a yard.
Yardfuls : of Yardful

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