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Meanings of letter y in English

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Wye.

        Usage of letter y in English
        1
        The capital letter Y will give a correct idea of the cuttings thus made.
        Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
        2
        And turning to the letter Y, she might have read:
        All Roads Lead to Calvary
        3
        The letter 'y' frequently follows 'd' in the same syllable.
        A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
        4
        Letter Y, the first letter in yoke, &c. Q.
        The Infant System / For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Po...
        5
        Three days later, the letter Y did its work.
        History of the United Netherlands, 1594
        6
        Its signature, the letter Y, stands for "Youth," always her name for him.
        The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
        7
        He left home on his twenty-fifth birth-day, and twenty five was the number of the letter Y in the block-alphabet.
        Stories by American Authors, Volume 5
        8
        The stick, which was shaped like the letter Y, was an object of great interest to the Pony Rider Boys.
        The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico; Or, The End of the Silver Tra...
        9
        The first great event of his life was joining the circus, and to this the letter Y more or less directly!
        Stories by American Authors, Volume 5
        10
        With subterranean lines converging in the form of the letter Y, the prince had gradually burrowed his way beneath the principal bastion.
        History of the United Netherlands, 1594
        11
        Who knew, for example, that the letter Y would serve as take-off for a tale of a yeti, a yo-yo and a yak?
        The Irish Times
        12
        While some letters would be removed from the alphabet, the letters y, k and w, which until now have been excluded, would be introduced.
        The Guardian
        13
        Charnock examined the drawing and noted that the holding part of the bolt was shaped like the letter Y, except that the stalk was split.
        The Girl from Keller's