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
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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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Relating to the yew; made of yew.
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An evergreen tree, of the genus taxus, allied to the pines, valued for its wood, which has been used from an early date for making bows.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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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.
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