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~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.
