An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 999

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 999

_Bannatyne P._


_To_ YIRR, _v. n._ To snarl, to growl as a dog, S. _yarr_, E.


Isl. _verr-a_, id. whence _verre_, a dog; Lat. _hirrire_.


_To_ YISK, _v. n._ To hiccup.


V. ~Yeisk~.


YISTRENE, _s._ Yesternight.


V. ~Yestrene~.


YYT, _part. pa._ Molten, cast.


V. ~Yet~, _v._


YIWYN. Perh. for _ewyn_, even.


_Barbour._


* _To_ YOKE, _v. n._ To engage with another in a dispute, in a quarrel, or in warfare, S.


_Baillie._


YOLDYN, YOUDEN, _pret. v._ Yielded, surrendered.


_Barbour._


YOLK, _s._ A round, opaque and radiated crystallization in window-gla.s.s, in consequence of being too slowly cooled, S.; probably denominated from its supposed resemblance of the _yolk_ of an egg.


_To_ YOLL, _v. a._ To strike; as, _to yoll with an axe_, S. B.


_To_ YOMER, _v. n._ To shriek.


V. ~Yamer~, _v._


_Sir Gawan._


YONT, _prep._ Beyond.


V. ~Yound~.


YORE, _adj._ Ready, alert.


V. ~Yare~.


YOUDEN, _part. pa._


V. ~Yoldyn~.


YOUDEN-DRIFT, _s._ Snow driven by the wind, S. B.


_Morison._


Perh. from _yolden_, or _youden_, the old part. pa. of _yield_, q.


snow which is _driven_ as _yielding_ to the force of the wind.


YOUDITH, _s._ Youth, S. A.


V. ~Youth-heid~.


_Ramsay._


_To_ YOUF, YUFF, _v. n._ To bark, S.


V. ~Wouff~.


_Ferguson._


YOUFF, YOWFF, _s._ A swinging blow, Loth. the same with _Gouff_.


_Ramsay._


_To_ YOUK, YUKE, YUCK, _v. n._ To itch, to be itchy, S.


_Hamilton._


Germ. _juck-en_, Belg. _jeuck-en_, id. prurire.