Definition of year

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Year (n.) The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissext

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Census :: Census (n.) A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years..
Novercal :: Novercal (a.) Done or recurring every ninth year.
Middle-aged :: Middle-aged (a.) Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man; between 30 and 50 years old.
Embolismical :: Embolismical (a.) Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation..
Superannuation :: Superannuate (v. i.) To last beyond the year; -- said of annual plants.
Month :: Month (n.) One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month..
Sore :: Sore (n.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
August :: August (a.) The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days..
Leasehold :: Leasehold (n.) A tenure by lease; specifically, land held as personalty under a lease for years..
Polycarpous :: Polycarpous (a.) Bearing fruit repeatedly, or year after year..
Orchis :: Orchis (n.) A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous..
Stunted :: Stunt (n.) Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber..
Duodecennial :: Duodecennial (a.) Consisting of twelve years.
Yearling :: Yearling (n.) An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses..
Petalism :: Petalism (n.) A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.
Infant :: Infant (n.) A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor..
Annat :: Annat (n.) A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease..
Estate :: Estate (n.) The degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in, or ownership of, lands, tenements, etc.; as, an estate for life, for years, at will, etc..
Forktail :: Forktail (n.) A salmon in its fourth year's growth.
Saving :: Saving (n.) Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy..
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