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Webster 1913 Edition


Wye

Wye

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Wyes
.
1.
The letter Y.
2.
A kind of crotch. See
Y
,
Noun.
(a)
.

Definition 2024


Wye

Wye

See also: wye

English

Proper noun

Wye

  1. A river of England and Wales, the fifth-longest in the UK.
  2. A small town in Kent, England.

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wye

wye

See also: Wye

English

Alternative forms

Noun

wye (plural wyes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.
  2. A wye-shaped object: a wye-level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.
    By going around the wye, a train can change direction.
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Etymology 2

Old English wiga.

Noun

wye (plural wyes)

  1. (poetic, obsolete) A warrior or fighter.
  2. (poetic, obsolete) A hero; a man, person.

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