An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 997

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 997

~Yerk~, _s._ A smart blow, a _jerk_, S.


YERN-BLITER, _s._ The name given to the snipe. S. B., sometimes p.r.o.n.


_yern-bluter_.


_Journ. Lond._


_To_ YESK, _v. n._ To hiccup. S.


V. ~Yeisk~.


_To_ YESTER, _v. a._ To discompose, to disturb. Ang.


Su. G. _yster_, ferox, or A. S. _ge-styr-an_, turbare.


YESTREEN, YISTRENE, _s._ Yesternight.


V. ~Here-yesterday~.


_Douglas._


YET, YETT, YHATE, _s._ A gate, S.


A. Bor. _yete_.


_Wallace._


~Yet chekis~, door-posts.


_Douglas._


A. S. _geat_, O. Belg. _gat_, id. Su. G. _gaatt_, postis januae.


_To_ YET, YETT, YYT, _v. a._


1. To pour, S. _yet_, _yett_, poured.


_Douglas._


Belg. _giet-en_, A. S. _geot-an_, Isl. Su. G. _giut-a_, fundere.


2. To cast metals.


_Yyt_, molten, cast.


~Yetland~, ~Yettlin~, _adj._ Of or belonging to cast iron, S.


_Stat. Acc._


~Yettlin~, _s._ Cast metal, S.


Su. G. _giuta en klocka_, to cast a bell; _giuta stycken_, to cast guns; Teut. _ghiet-en_, id.


YETHER, _s._ The mark left by tight binding, as with a small cord.


Border; allied perhaps to A. Bor. _yeather_, a flexible twig, used for binding hedges; Grose.


_To_ YETT, _v. a._ To fasten in the firmest manner, to rivet, Loth.


Isl. _gat-a_, perforare.


YEVERY, _adj._ Greedy, voracious.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


A. S. _gifer_, _gifra_, _gifre_, avidus, vorax, rapax, gulosus; _gifer_, a glutton.


_To_ YHARN, _v. a._ Eagerly to desire.


_Barbour._


Moes. G. _gairn-an_, A. S. _georn-ian_, _gyrn-an_, desiderare, cupere.


~Yharne~, ~Yherne~, _adj._ Eager, keen.


_Wyntown._


YHEMAR, _s._ A keeper.


V. ~Yemar~.


YHEMSEL, _s._ Custody.


V. ~Yemsel~.


YHIS, _adv._ Yes.