*yet*

n.; pl. Eyeteeth /plu> (Anat.) A canine tooth of the upper jaw. See Teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cut one's eyeteeth, to become acute or knowing. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To forget. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Foryete. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gayeties [ Written also gaiety. ] [ F. gaieté. See Gay, a. ] 1. The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress.

Syn. -- Liveliness; mirth; animation; vivacity; glee; blithesomeness; sprightliness; jollity. See Liveliness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; rain, from &unr_; to rain. ] Of or pertaining to rain; descriptive of the distribution of rain, or of rainy regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; rain + -graph. ] A chart or graphic representation of the average distribution of rain over the surface of the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to to hyetography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The branch of physical science which treats of the geographical distribution of rain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + rain -logy. ] The science which treats of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc. -- Hy`e*to*log"ic*al a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. [ Iso- + Gr. "yeto`s rain.] (Phys. Geog.) Of or pertaining to lines connecting places on the earth's surface which have the same mean annual rainfall. -- n. An isohyetose line; called also isohyet. [1913 Webster]

n. (Min.) See Jet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The dollar fish. (b) A market fish, the goody, or spot (Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Med.) The outfit of clothing, blankets, etc., prepared for a newborn infant, and placed ready for use. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A magpie; a piet. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Here cometh the worthy prelate as pert as a pyet. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Cf. Say a kind of serge. ] A mixed stuff, called also sagathy. See Sagathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Turk., from Ar. wilāyah. ] One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging to the genus Yetus, or Cymba; a boat shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. yet, &yogh_;et, &yogh_;it, AS. git, gyt, giet, gieta; akin to OFries. ieta, eta, ita, MHG. iezuo, ieze, now, G. jetzo, jetzt. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. In addition; further; besides; over and above; still. “A little longer; yet a little longer.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

This furnishes us with yet one more reason why our savior, lays such a particular stress acts of mercy. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rapine is made yet blacker by the pretense of piety and justice. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At the same time; by continuance from a former state; still. [ 1913 Webster ]

Facts they had heard while they were yet heathens. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; -- and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet. See As yet, under As, conj. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ne never yet no villainy ne said. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time. “He 'll be hanged yet.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Even; -- used emphatically. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]