yakn.
/jak/, /jɑːk/, U.S. /jæk/ A bovine animal ( Bos grunniens), found wild and domesticated in Tibet and other high regions of central Asia, having the body and tail covered with long silky hair, which is made into various fabrics; the tails are used for decoration, and in India as fly-flappers (see chauri n.).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Bovinae (bovine) > [noun] > genus Bos > bos grunniens or yak
sarlac1781
yak1795
1795 Asiatick Researches 4 351 The Yak of Tartary..is about the heighth of an English bull.
1799 S. Turner Acct. Embassy to Court of Teshoo Lama (1800) 186 The black chowry-tailed cattle..the Yak of Tartary.
1862 H. D. Torrens Trav. Tartary 125 The oxen mostly used in Ladak are hybrids between the yâk and the common cow.
1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. 246 I remounted my yak.
1903 Athenæum 1 Aug. 163/1 Only in the valleys does scanty scrub give sustenance to the yaks, on whose services the travellers depended.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
yak corps n.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > other branches
language1703
langue1799
guides1802
army intelligence1902
yak corps1904
A.E.F.1914
anti-aircraft1915
RAOC1918
1904 Times 18 Jan. 5/6 The transport difficulties are still enormous, though the Yak Corps is working well.
yak-hair n.
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1905 E. Candler Unveiling of Lhasa xiv. 268 A heavy curtain of yak-hair hangs above the entrance-gate.
yak-herd n.
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1958 Illustr. London News 13 Dec. 1041/1 Greatest of all the village-festivals was the Dumje, celebrated in early July, before the villagers dispersed with their yak-herds to the high pastures.
yak-tail n.
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1902 Q. Rev. July 42 Strange gifts from the East..yak-tails and peacock feathers.
C2.
yak butter n. butter made from the milk of the yak.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > butter > [noun] > types of butter
May-butter?a1425
clarified butter1562
pot-butter1616
manteca1622
grass butter1648
green butter1654
drawn butter1661
cacao butter1662
ghee1665
rowen1673
ruskin1679
orange butter1696
whey-buttera1722
rowen butter1725
fairy butter1747
grease1788
Cambridge butter1830
stubble-butter1856
black jack1858
maître d'hôtel butter1861
Normandy butter1868
creamery butter1881
pound butter1888
renovated butter1888
samn1888
process butter1898
pool butter1940
garlic butter1942
yak butter1962
Normandy1973
cannabutter1994
1962 L. Davidson Rose of Tibet v. 87 He had bought tea bricks..and a large cake of yak butter.
1980 Times 12 Aug. 10/1 Crowds file through the little shrine rooms lit by flickering lamps of yak butter.
yak lace n. a heavy kind of lace made from the hair of the yak.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > made from specific materials
thread-lace1581
blondec1755
blond(e lace1771
nankeen1827
Shetland lace1848
yak lace1872
1872 Young Englishwoman Nov. 606/1 The trimming consists of a narrow passementrie border and black yak lace.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 525 Yak Lace..is a coarse Pillow Lace, made in Buckinghamshire and Northampton... The material used is from the fine wool of the Yak.
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