=Vitebsk= (vi'-tebsk), _Russ._ Name of a city.

=Vodka= (vod'-kae), _Russ._ A kind of whiskey distilled from barley
or from potatoes, constantly indulged in by the lower classes in
Russia, especially by the peasants.

=Wedding Canopy.= See under =Canopy=.

=Yachne= (Yaech'-ne), _Yid._ Prop. n.

=Yakub= (yae-k[.u]b'), _Russ._ Prop. n.

=Yankel= (yaen'-kl), _Yid._ Prop. n.

=Yeshibah= (ye-shib'-ae), _Hebr._ Rabbinical school or seminary.

=Yeshibah Bachur=, a student in a _yeshibah_.

=Yiddish= (yid'-ish), _Yid._ Judeo-German, the language of the Jews
of Eastern Europe. The basis is an archaic form of German, on
which are grafted many words of Hebrew origin, and words from
the vernacular of the country.

=Yochem= (yo'-chem), _Yid._ Prop. n.

=Yuchovitch= (y[.u]-chov-itch'), _Russ._ Name of a village.

=Zaddik= (tzae'-dik), _Hebr._ A man of piety; a holy man.

=Zalmen= (zael'-men), _Yid._ Prop. n.

=Zimbler= (tzim'-bler), _Yid._ A performer on the _zimble_, an
instrument constructed like a wooden tray, with several wires
stretched across lengthwise, and played by means of two short
rods.

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