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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
YELP, v.i. To bark, as a beagle-hound after his prey, or as other dog.
To boast.
[Obs.]
I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe. Chaucer. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to
bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.
A little herd of England's timorous deer, At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation. W. Irving. A sharp, quick cry; a
bark.
Chaucer. | ||||||||