wood of a yew; especially the durable fine- grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows

any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup- shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves

See Yaw.

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.

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.

A bow for shooting, made of the yew.

A large cone- bearing, evergreen tree with dark green foliage; also, its fine- grained wood.

An evergreen tree, allied to the pine.

An Old World evergreen tree of slow growth and long life.

Relating to the yew; made of yew.

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.

A large evergreen tree belonging to the coniferae.

A twist and a turn and " He- yew!" – The Seiners by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly

Asked if he had happened to notice where Collishaw had set down his dinner basket and his tin bottle while he worked, he replied that it so happened that he had- he remembered seeing both bottle and basket and the man's jacket deposited on one of the box- tombs under a certain yew- tree- which he could point out, if necessary. – The Paradise Mystery by J. S. Fletcher

Obviously, if the tomb of Richard Jenkins, who was buried in Paradise in 1715, was still there, amongst the cypresses and yew trees, the name and inscription on it had vanished, worn away by time and weather, when that chart had been made, a hundred and thirty- five years later. – The Paradise Mystery by J. S. Fletcher

He went down, and at the foot of the stairs heard the woman's angry voice, Yew ha' ruined me; and then the growl of Oliver, Shut your noise. – By Violence by John Trevena

Then he opened his window and looked at the bright stars which shone out over the old yew tree; but it was exceedingly cold, and so he shut it again and went to bed, feeling very uncomfortable and unhappy. – A Tale of a Lonely Parish by F. Marion Crawford

The rose- garden, with its air of neglect, the shadow of the quiet house that fell across it, the great yew hedge which backed it, and was the pattern of one under which I had played in childhood- all had points that pricked me. – Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman

But dimly through the window, 'as through a glass darkly, ' see the green yew with its red berries, and afar the elms and beeches, brown and yellow. – The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Walter Besant

In her garden,- all velvety grey, with black shadows beneath the yew- trees, the white flowers alone seemed to be awake, and to look at her wistfully. – The Patrician by John Galsworthy

It is not advisable here to go further into this subject; let it stand that the English yew long bow is the highest type of artillery in the world. – Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Saxton Pope

He descended, asked the way to the curate's house; and crossing the burial- ground, and passing under the shadow of the old yew- tree, entered Aubrey's garden. – Alice, or The Mysteries, Book X by Edward Bulwer Lytton

He sat looking up where the big moon swam through the black branches of the yew. – The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

" Yew don't mean to say-" He stopped short to listen to Tom Fillot's next words. – The Black Bar by George Manville Fenn

Each of us might have a yew- tree then for her very own. – A Book of Quaker Saints by Lucy Violet Hodgkin

Pixie made her way to her favourite seat at the end of a long, straight path, bordered on each side by square- cut hedges of yew. – The Love Affairs of Pixie by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey

I can go to it through the yew- trees, Frank, and be back in five minutes, or ten at most. – A Little Wizard by Stanley J. Weyman