| v. i. | 1. | See Yaw. |
| n. | 1. | |
| 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. | |
| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to yew trees; made of the wood of a yew tree; |
| Noun | 1. | yew - wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows |
| 2. | yew - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves |