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YULE

\jˈuːl], \jˈuːl], \j_ˈuː_l]\

Definitions of YULE

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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The Old English and still to some extent the Scotch and Northern English name for Christmas, or the feast of the nativity of out Saviour.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Christmas.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Christmas time, or the feast celebrating it.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. [Anglo-Saxon. Gothic] Christmas, or the feast of the nativity of our Saviour-applied also sometimes to the festival of Lammas. Yule log, a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth on Christmas eve as the foundation of the fire.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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