yate

/ jeɪt /

noun

any of several small eucalyptus trees, esp Eucalyptus cornuta, yielding a very hard timber

Origin of yate¹

from a native Australian language

Yate's quick glance, in the moment of introduction, observed the book was upside down.

A torrent of hot blood seemed to burst from Yate's frozen brain, as watershoots from the glaciers in summer.

"And women pet them; they'd prefer a fool who can pot rabbits and do a barn-dance to Homer himself," growled Yate.

"The fact of poverty is an unpleasantness of itself," affirmed Yate, extending a hearty hand to Carol's mother.

Of redd gold shines the yate; Of twenty foure faire ladyes there, The fairest is my mate.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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