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plural wyes
The name of the Latin-script letter Y. quotations examples
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.
1984 Waite, Prata & Martin, C (Computer Program Language), p. 190
It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh."
2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170
A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track. examples
third-person singular simple present wyes, present participle wyeing or wying, simple past and past participle wyed
(transitive) To make something into a wye (letter Y) shape. examples
(transitive, rail transport) To reverse the direction of a train using a wye. examples
(poetic, obsolete) A warrior or fighter.
(poetic, obsolete) A hero; a man, person.