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Dictionary of the Scots Language

The Historical Language of the Scottish Lowlands

 

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YAAVE n. Awe, Banffs.
YABBLE v. To gabble, Fife.
YAD n. A piece of bad coal, which becomes a white ashy lump in the fire, Fife.
YAD n. Properly, an old mare, Scotland. See also: YADE, YAUD.
YAD-SKYVAR n. Apparently, one who drives an old mare.
YADE n. Properly, an old mare, Scotland. See also: YAD, YAUD.
YAFF v. 1. To bark; properly denoting the noise made by a small dog, to yelp, Scotland. 2. To prate, to talk pertly; used as expressive of contempt, Scotland.
YAICK v. To ache, Scotland. A. See also: YAIK.
YAIK v. To ache, Scotland. A. See also: YAICK.
YAIK v. To quiver, to shake.
YAIP adj. 1. Having a keen appetite for food, Scotland. 2. Eager, having an earnest desire for any thing, Scotland. 3. Forward, Scotland. B. See also: YAPE, YAP.
YAIR n. 1. An inclosure, stretching into a tideway, for the purpose of detaining the fish when the tide ebbs, Scotland. 2. A sort of scaffolding, which juts out into a river or frith in a straight line, Scotland. See also: YAIRE, YARE.
YAIR-NET n. A long net extending into the bed of a river inclined upwards, and fixed by poles, Scotland. B. See also: YARE-NET.
YAIRD n. A garden. See also: YARD.
YAIRE n. 1. An inclosure, stretching into a tideway, for the purpose of detaining the fish when the tide ebbs, Scotland. 2. A sort of scaffolding, which juts out into a river or frith in a straight line, Scotland. See also: YAIR, YARE.
 
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Raving : p. pr. & vb. n. of Rave; a. Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic.

 
A Dictionary of the Scots Language derived from “An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language By John Jamieson, D.D.” published in 1818.
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