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Wye

//ˈwaɪ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Wales and England, including Powys, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, the fifth-longest in the UK.
  2. 2
    A river in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Derwent.
  3. 3
    A river in Buckinghamshire, England, which joins the Thames at Bourne End.
  4. 4
    A village in Wye with Hinxhill parish, Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0546).
Noun
  1. 1
    The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.

    "Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee."

  2. 2
    the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet wordnet
  3. 3
    A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.

    "A wye is used to split a single line [hose or cable] into two lines."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make something into a wye (letter Y) shape. transitive

    "When a hose line is divided into two or more lines, these lines are known as wyed lines."

  2. 2
    To reverse the direction of a train using a wye. transitive

    "Since the train didn't have a control cab at the other end, they wyed the train to turn it around for the trip back to the city."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from Old French ui or gui.

Etymology 2

Attested as wi c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps borrowed from Old French ui or gui.

Etymology 3

From Brythonic; compare Welsh Gwy. Lye and Bosworth instead suggest Old English wæg (“wave”).

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