YEW
\jˈuː], \jˈuː], \j_ˈuː]\
Definitions of YEW
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
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any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
By Princeton University
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wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows
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any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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See Yaw.
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An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.
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The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.
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A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
By Oddity Software
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See Yaw.
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An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.
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The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.
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A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A native coniferous tree of the genus Taxus, allied to the fir, pine. It is a tree ramifying in numerous, widely spreading branches, and is planted for its umbrageousness in church-yards. Its wood was formerly employed in making bows, and is prized for its hard, compact grain by turners.