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YACHT, n. yot. [G., It is properly a boat drawn by horses.] A vessel of state us...
Y, the twenty fifth letter of the English Alphabet, is taken from the Greed. At ...
XYSTER, n. [Gr., to scrape.] A surgeons instrument for scraping bones.
XYLOGRAPHY, n. [Gr., wood; to engrave.] Wood-engraving; the act or art of cuttin...
XIPHOID, a. [supra.] The xiphoid or ensiform cartilage, is a small cartilage pla...
XIPHIAS, n. [Gr., a sword.] 1. The sword-fish. 2. A comet shaped like a sword.
XEROPHTHALMY, n. [Gr., dry.] A dry red soreness or itching of the eyes, without ...
XEROPHAGY, n. [Gr., dry; to eat.] The eating of dry meats, a sort of fast among ...
XEROMYRUM, n. [Gr., dry; ointment.] A dry ointment.
XEROCOLLYRIUM, n. [Gr., dry.] A dry collyrium or eye-salve.
XEBEC, n. A small three masted vessel, used in the Mediterranean sea. With a fai...
XANTHOGENE, n. [Gr., yellow, to generate.] The base of a new acid, produced by t...
XANTHID, XANTHIDE, n. A compound of xanthogene and a metal.
XANTHID, XANTHIDE, n. A compound of xanthogene and a metal.
X, the twenty fourth letter of the English Alphabet, is borrowed from the Greek....
WYCH-ELM, n. A variety of the elm, or a peculiar species, (Ulmus glabra.)