wye

¹ American  

[wahy] / waɪ /

noun

plural

wyes

1. the letter Y, or something having a similar shape.

2. Electricity. a three-phase, Y -shaped circuit arrangement.

3. Railroads. a track arrangement with three switches and three legs for reversing the direction of a train.

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Wye ² American  

[wahy] / waɪ /

noun

1. a river flowing from central Wales through SW England into the Severn estuary. 130 miles (210 km) long.

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Wye British  

/ waɪ /

noun

1. a river in E Wales and W England, rising in Powys and flowing southeast into Herefordshire, then south to the Severn estuary. Length: 210 km (130 miles)

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Etymology

Origin of wye

First recorded in 1855–60; a spelling of the letter name

Example Sentences

Out of the air Lenny's voice boomed, "Wye oh wye did I ever leave Wyoming?"

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

You know a gentleman’s a gentleman, and you may think it’s this or that what mykes ’im so, but there ain’t no wye to put it into words.

From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)

“I may not know the very hidentical trick madam’d be in want of—’er bein’ a lydy, as you might sye—but I could put ’er in the wye of findin’ out.”

From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)

But w'en I says it that wye, I mean as Lawklin is a-spendin' of 'is 'dibs,' ... meanin' t' desert w'en we gets out!

From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.

“It’ll be all in the wye of madam’s gettin’ used to things—a bit at a time like.”

From The Dust Flower by Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)