X.

_Xenophilus_, 378. Wier’s Zenophilus. A friend suggests same as φιλοξενος, a friend to strangers, hospitable. The difficulty is, what is such a one’s outwardly distinctive form?

Y.

_Yaw_, 228. To go, or stray, out of their course. Now nautical only.

_Yer_, _A_ vii. Ere.

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