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Yeast
(n.)
The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom
yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast
plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation
in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising
dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment.
Yeast
(n.)
Spume, or foam, of water.
Yeast
(n.)
A form of fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells,
rather than in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; esp. members of
the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as a
yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth.
Yeast-bitten
(a.)
A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has
reentered the body of the beer.
Yeastiness
(n.)
The quality or state of being yeasty, or frothy.
Yeasty
(a.)
Frothy; foamy; spumy, like yeast.
Yedding
(n.)
The song of a minstrel; hence, any song.
Yede
(imp.)
Went. See Yode.
Yeel
(n.)
An eel.
Yeldhall
(n.)
Guildhall.
Yeldrin
(n.)
Alt. of Yeldrine
Yeldrine
(n.)
The yellow-hammer; -- called also yeldrock, and yoldrin.
Yelk
(n.)
Same as Yolk.
Yell
(v. i.)
To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or
scream as with agony or horror.
Yell
(v. t.)
To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud
tone.
Yell
(n.)
A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.
Yelled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Yell
Yelling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yell
Yellow
(superl.)
Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of
gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the
solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.
Yellow
(n.)
A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other
except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between
the orange and green.