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YEA

LT 550. I ate 73, far 77, faU 83, fat 81 —mb 93, mSt 95—pine 195,pin 107—nA 102, move 104,

WRONG, rAng, «. An injury, a designedor known detriment ; erronr, not right.WRONG, rAng, a. 474. Not morally right,not agreeable to propriety or truth ; not phy-sically right, unfit, unsuitable.

WRONG, r8ng, ad. Not rightly, amiss.

To WRONG, ring, v. a. To injure, to use

unj ustlv.

WRONGDOER, rAng'd6S-5r, s. An inju-

rious person.

WRONGER, rAng'ur, s. 98, 409. He thatinjures, he that does wrong.

WRONGFUL, rAng'ful,a. Injurious, unjust.WRONGFULLY, rAng'ful-e, ad. Unjustly.WRONGHEAD, rAng'hed, \a. Hav-WRONGHEADED, rAng-hld'ed, ; ing a

perverse understanding.

WRONGLY, rAng'le, ad. Unjustly amiss.WRONGLESSLY, rAng'les-le, ad. Withoutinjury to any.

WROTE, rite. Pret. and part, of Write.WROTH, r &th y a. —See Wrath. Angry.

Out of use.

WROUGHT, rawt. The pret. and part,pass, as it seems, of Work. 319,393. Ef-fected. performed ; influenced, prevailed on ;produced, caused ; worked, laboured ; gained,attained; operated; worked; actuated; ma-nufactured ; formed ; excited by degrees;guided, managed ; agitated, disturbed.WRUNG, rung. The pret. and part. pass.

of Wring.

WRY, ri, a. 474. Crooked, deviating fromthe right direction ; distorted ; wrung, per-verted, wrested.

To WRY, ri, r. n. To be contorted andwrithed, to deviate from the right direction.

X .

X , says Johnson, is a letter which, thoughfound in Saxon words, begins no word in theEnglish language.

£7 It may he observed, that in words from theGreek, where it is initial, it is always pronounced likeZ. For the true pronunciation of this letter, whenmedial or final in English words, see Principles , No.

476 .

XEROCOLLYRIUM, zA-rA-kAl-lVri-um,,.

A dry plaster for sore eyes.

XERODES, z£-ro dez, s. Any tumour at-tended with dryness.

XEROMIRUM, zer-A-mi'rum s. 503. A

drying ointment.

XEROPHAGY, zt-iAl'i-je, ... 518. Theeating of dry meats, a sort of fust among theprimitive Christians.

XEROPHTHALMY, ze-rAp't/iAl-me, s. A

dry red soreness or itching in the eyes, with-out any dropping nr swelling.

XEROTES, zA-ro'tAz, s. 503. A dry habitor disposition of body.

XIPHIAS, zlft-is, s. The sword-fish ; alsoa comet shaped like a sword.

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XIPHOIDES, zA-foi'dez, s. The pointedsword-like cartilage or gristle of the breast-bone.

XYLOBALSAMUM, zi-lA-bAl'sA-mSm, s.

The wood of the balsam-tree.

XYSTER, zls'tfir, s. A surgeon’s instru-ment to scrape and shave bones with.

Y.

YACHT , yAt, s. 350. A small ship forcarrying passengers.

£3* This word is pronounced as I have marked itby Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, W. Johnston, Mr. Perry,Mr. Mares, and Mr. Smith : Dr, Kenriek pronouncesit yat, rhyming with hat: and Mr. Bsuclay yant,rhyming with nought.

YAM, yitm, s. A root that grows in Ame­ rica and the South-Sea Islands.—Musou.YARD, ySrd, s. 78. Enclosed ground ad-joining to a house ; a measure oi three feet;the supports of the sails of a ship.YARK^ykrc, «. Ready, dexterous, eager.YARELY, yare'le, ud. Dexterously, skil-fully.

YARN , yiirn, s. 78. Spun wool, woollenthread,

YARROW , y&r'ro, s. 81. A plant whichgrows wild on dry banks, and is used inmedicine.

YAWL, yawl, s. 219. A little vessel be-longing to a ship, for convenience of passing toand from it.

To YAWN, yawn, v. n. 219. To gape, to

have the mouth opened involuntarily-; toopen wide ; to express desire by yawning.YAWN, yawn, s. Oscitation ; gape, hiatus .YAWNING , yawning, a. 410. Sleeping,slumbering.

YCLAD, £-kl&d'. Part, for Clad. Clothed.YCLEPED,c-klipC. Called, termed,named.YE, ye. The solemn nominative plural ofThou.

YEA, ye, ad. 227 Yes.

XJ Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, W. Johnston, Mr.Smith, and Mr. Fry, pronounce tills word so as torhyme with nay , pay, be. Rut Steele or Rrightland,Dr. Jones, who wrote The New Art of Spelling inQueen Anne ’s time, Dr. Kenrick, and Mr. Perry, pro-nounce it like the pronoun ye. Though so many arcagainst me, l do not hesitate to pronounce the lattermode the best; first, as it is more agreeable to the ge-neral sound of the diphthong; next, *s it is more re-lated to its familiar substitute yes; and lastly, unlessmy memory greatly fails me, because it is always sopronounced when contrasted with nay; as in thatprecept of the Gospel, u Let your communication beyea, yea, and nay, nay.'*

To YEAN, yene, v. n. 227. To bring young.Used of sheep.

YEANLING, yAne'ling, s. 419. The youngof sheep.

YEAR, yhre, s. 227. Twelve months ; it isoften used plurally, without a plural terrains*lion ; in the plural, old age.