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| y'clep'd¹ | ycleped = called, named, styled [OED]
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| yankee(1) | By English writers and speakers commonly applied to a native or inhabitant of the United States generally. By American writers; a nickname for a native or inhabitant of New England, or, more widely, of the northern States [OED].
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| yaw | Yaw: a movement of deviation from the direct course, as from bad steering; angular motion or displacement about a yawing axis [OED]
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| yawl¹ | A ship's boat usually with four or six oars [OED]
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| Yeoman¹ | Yeoman: A man holding a small landed estate; a freeholder under the rank of a gentleman; hence vaguely, a commoner or countryman of respectable standing, esp. one who cultivates his own land [OED]
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| younker¹ | A junior member of staff. The OED gives "A junior member of a ship's crew, typically a boy or young man".
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