Yew

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; as, a yew whipstock.

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

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