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Definition of yew : 1. A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
2. An evergreen tree ( Taxus baccata) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards.
3. See Yaw.
4. The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine- grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain.

Synonyms:

brushwood, brush, deal

cypress, elm, redwood, pine, sycamore, magnolia, butternut, larch, balsa, laurel, acacia, mountain ash, cassia, dogwood, avocado, willow, quince, banyan, balsam, maple, walnut, weeping willow, mimosa, peach, spruce, gum, cashew, pear, oak, ebony, fir, lemon, lime, tamarack, ironwood, poplar, mulberry, fig, sandalwood, almond, orange, eucalyptus, papaya, breadfruit, sequoia, coconut, apple, chestnut, citron, juniper, apricot, locust, ash, linden, alder, rosewood, mahogany, palm, cedar, aspen, elder, cottonwood, beech, cherry, pecan, mangrove, teak, tree, birch, hickory

hazel, knotty pine, cyprus, cork, sumac, wood, tupelo

bay, baobab, bay tree

Usage examples:

• The monument itself is plain, not to say hideous, but the simple words inscribed thereon are unspeakably grand when read amongst the surroundings of " wood" and " rugged elm" and " yew- tree's shade," unchanged as they are after the lapse of a century and a half. - "A Cotswold Village", J. Arthur Gibbs.
• Yew'll know me again when yew see me,- say?" - "Thelma", Marie Corelli.
• Out and down it went again, " He- yew!" - "The Seiners", James B. (James Brendan) Connolly.