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Year

Year n. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
Year n. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
Year n. Age, or old age; as, a man in years.
Year's purchase The amount that is yielded by the annual income of property;
used in expressing the value of a thing in the number of years required for its income to yield its purchase price, in reckoning the amount to be paid for annuities, etc.
Yeara n. The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison, a.
Yearbook n. A book published yearly; any annual report or summary of the statistics or facts of a year, designed to be used as a reference book; as, the Congregational Yearbook.
Yearbook n. A book containing annual reports of cases adjudged in the courts of England.
Yeared a. Containing years; having existed or continued many years; aged.
Yearling n. An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age;
applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.
Yearling a. Being a year old.
Yearly a. Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.
Yearly a. Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant.
Yearly a. Accomplished in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth.
Yearly adv. Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed.
Yearn v. t. To pain; to grieve; to vex.
Yearn v. i. To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
Yearn v. i. & t. To curdle, as milk.
Yearn v. i. To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager.
Yearned imp. & p. p. of Yearn
Yearnful a. Desirous.
Yearning p. pr. & vb. n. of Yearn
Yearningly adv. With yearning.
Yearnings n. pl. The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used as a rennet for curdling milk.
Yearth n. The earth.

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