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Webster 1913 Edition

Yew

Yew

(ū)
,
Verb.
I.
See
Yaw
.

Yew

,
Noun.
[OE.
ew
, AS.
eów
,
īw
,
eoh
; akin to D.
ijf
, OHG.
īwa
,
īha
, G.
eibe
, Icel.
ȳr
; cf. Ir.
iubhar
, Gael.
iubhar
,
iughar
, W.
yw
,
ywen
, Lith.
jëva
the black alder tree.]
1.
(Bot.)
An evergreen tree (
Taxus baccata
) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.
2.
The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.
3.
A bow for shooting, made of the yew.

Yew

(ū)
,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree;
as, a
yew
whipstock
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Yew

YEW

,
Noun.
An evergreen tree of the genus Taxus, valued for its wood or timber.

YEW

,
Verb.
I.
To rise, as scum on the brine in boiling at the salt works. [See Yaw.]

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