Part 60
_Z. Boyd._
~Worsling~, _s._ Wrestling.
V. ~Warsell~.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ WORT, WORT UP, _v. a._ To dig up.
_Bellenden._
A. S. _wrot-an_, versare rostro; Belg. _vroet-en_, _wroet-en_, id.
_To_ WORTH, WOURTH, _v. n._
1. To wax, to become; part. pa. _wourthin_.
_Barbour._
A. S. _weorth-an_, Teut. _word-en_, fieri, esse, fore.
2. _It worthis_, _v. imp._ It becomes.
_Him worthit_, it was necessary for him, &c.
V. ~Wordis~.
_Barbour._
WORTHELETH. Perh. for _worthelich_.
A. S. _weorthlic_, insignis.
_Houlate._
WORTHYHED, _s._ The same as _worschip_.
_Barbour._
WOSCHE, WOUSCHE, _pret. v._ Washed; S. _woosh_, pron. _wush_, S. B. _weesh_.
_Douglas._
WOSTOW. _Wotest thou_, knowest thou.
_K. Quair._
WOT, _s._ Intelligence, S. _wat_.
_Ferguson._
WOTLINK, _s._ A wench; used in a bad sense.
_Dunbar._
WOUCH, WOUGH, _s._
1. Evil, pravity.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. Injustice, injury.
_Quon. Att._
3. Trouble, fatigue.
_Sir Tristrem._
4. Wo, mischief; in a physical respect.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _wo_, _woh_, _wohg_, _weoh_, perversitas, pravitas, error.
WOUDE, _pret._ Waded.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _wad-an_, vadere; imperf. _wod_.
WOUF, WOWF, _s._ The wolf, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Wouff~, _v. n._ To bark, S.
Su. G. _ulfw-a_, ululare, from _ulf_, a wolf; Belg. _guyv-en_, to howl as a dog.
_To_ ~Wow~, _v. n._ To howl, Moray.
_Pop. Ball._
WOUK, _pret._ Watched.
_Barbour._
WOUK, WOUKE, _s._ A week, S. B. _ook_.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _wuca_, Dan. _uge_, _wge_, id.
WOUND, used as a superlative.
_Gawan and Gol._
Perhaps from _wond_, the pret. of A. S. _wand-ian_, vereri, to dread.
WOUNDER, WONDIR, _adv._ Wonderfully.
_Douglas._
WOUNDRING, _s._ A monster, a prodigy.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wundrung_, admiration.
WOURSUM, WORSUM, _s._ Purulent matter, S., pron. _wursum_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wyr_, pus, and _sum_, as denoting quality.
WOUSTOUR, _s._ A boaster.
V. ~Woistare~.
WOUT, _s._ Countenance, aspect.
V. ~Vult~.
_Gawan and Gol._
_To_ WOW, _v. a._ To woo or make love to.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _wog-an_, nubere; _wogere_, procus, amasius, a wooer.
_To_ WOW, _v. n._
V. under ~Wouf~.
WOW, _interj._ Expressive of admiration, S., often _vow_.
V. ~Vow~.
_Douglas._
WOWN, _s._ Wont, custom.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _wuna_, Alem. _uuone_, mos.
~Wowne~, _adj._ Wont, accustomed.
_Wynt._
WRA, _s._ Hiding-place.
_Douglas._
Dan. _vraae_, a corner, a lurking-hole.
_To_ WRABIL, _v. n._ To move in a slow undulating manner, like a worm; to wriggle; S. _warble_, _wurble_.
_Douglas._
_Warple_ is used in the same sense, S. B.
_Ross._
Teut. _wurbel-en_, Belg. _wervel-en_, gyros agere, in orbem versare.
WRACHYS, ghosts.
V. ~Wraith~.
_Doug._
WRACK, _s._ For its different senses, V. ~Wrak~.
WRAIGHLY, _adv._ Strangely, or awkwardly.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _wraeclice_, peregre.
WRAIK, WRAK, _s._
1. Revenge, vengeance.
_Douglas._
2. Anger, wrath.
_Douglas._
3. Destruction; _wreck_, E.
_Wyntown._
4. Denoting one who threatens or brings vengeance or destruction.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wraec_, _wraece_, Belg. _wraecke_, ultio, vindicia.
WRAITH, WRAYTH, WRAITHE, WRETH, _s._
1. Properly, an apparition in the exact likeness of a person, supposed by the vulgar to be seen before, or soon after death, S.
_K. James._
2. Sometimes used, but improperly, to denote a spirit supposed to preside over the waters.
_Lewis._
Moes. G. _ward-jan_, A. S. _weard-an_, custodire; as the apparition, called a _wraith_, was supposed to be that of one's _guardian_ angel. A. S. _weard_, a guardian, a keeper.
WRAITH, _s._. Provision, food.
_Henrysone._
Su. G. _ward_, Isl. _verd_, id.; from Su. G. _war-a_, to eat.
WRAITH, _adj._ Wroth.
_Douglas._
~Wraithly~, _adv._ Furiously.
_Wallace._
WRAK, WRAIK, WRACK, WRECK, WREK, _s._
1. Whatever is thrown out by the sea, as _broken_ pieces of wood, sea-weed, &c., S.
2. Often appropriated to sea-weed, S.
_Barry._
This receives different names in different parts of S.; as, _button wrack_, _lady wrack_, &c.
_Stat. Acc._
3. The weeds gathered from land, and generally piled up in heaps for being burnt, S.
_Pennecuik._
4. Trash, refuse of any kind.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Su. G. _wrak_, E. wreck; also, any thing that is of little value, mere trash; Dan. _vrag_, id.
_To_ WRAMP, _v. a._ To sprain any part of the body, S. Cumb.
Belg. _wremp-en_, to distort the mouth.
~Wramp~, _s._ A twist or sprain, S.
_Watson._
WRANG, _s._ Wrong, S.
_Barbour._
~Wrangwis~, ~Wrangwiss~, _adj._
1. Wrong, not proper.
_Wallace._
2. Wrongful, unjust.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _wise_, manner, used as a _term._, changes the _s._ to which it is affixed into an _adj._ as _riht-wise_, whence E. _righteous_.
WRANGIS, WRAYNGIS, _s. pl._ The ribs or floor timbers of a ship; Fr. _varangues_, id.
_Douglas._
Radically the same with S. _rung_.
_To_ WRAPLE, _v. a._ To entangle, to warp, also _warple_, S. B.
_Ross._
Originally the same with _Wrabil_, q. v.
WRAT, _s._ A wart or hard rough excrescence, chiefly on the fingers, S.; the _Verruca_ of physicians.
Belg. _wratte_.
_Z. Boyd._
WRATACK, _s._ A dwarf, S. B.
_Ross._
Gael. _bridach_, _cruitecan_, id.; Dan. _vreden_, tortus.
_To_ WRATCH, WRETCH, _v. n._ To become niggardly, S.
_Kelly._
Belg. _vrek_, _vrekkig_, niggardly.
WRATE, _pret. v._ Apparently, died.
_Wyntown._
Moes. G. _wrat-on_, Isl. _rat-a_, peregrinari.
WRE. L. _vre_, chance.
_Barbour._
WREAD, WREATH, _s._ A place for inclosing cattle, Ang.
A. S. _wraeth_, an inclosure. Su. G. _wreit_, _reit_, Isl. _reit-r_, id.
WREE, _s._ An instrument for cleansing grain, by separating that which is shelled from what retains the husks, Loth.; pron. also ~Ree~, q. v.
_To_ ~Wree~, _v. a._ To separate shelled from unshelled grain, Loth.
_To_ WREE, _v. a._ To writhe.
V. ~Wry~.
WREGH, _s._ Wretch.
_S. P. Repr._
A. S. _wraecca_, an exile; also, a wretch.
_To_ WREIL, WRELE, _v. n._ To wriggle, to turn about.
_Douglas._
Perhaps merely a corr. of E. _wriggle_.
_To_ WREIST, WRIST, WREST, _v. a._ To sprain any part of the body, S. _wramp_, synon.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _wraest-an_, intorquere.
~Wreist~, _s._
1. A writhe or twist.
_Pal. Hon._
2. A sprain, S.; _wramp_, synon.
_Watson._
WREK, _s._ Refuse.
V. ~Wrak~.
WRETCH, WRECHE, _s._ A niggard, a covetous person, S.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ WRETH one's self, _v. a._ To be wroth, or filled with indignation.
_Barbour._
A. S. _wraeth-ian_, indignare; or _wreoth-ian_, _wreth-ian_, intorquere.
~Wrethly~, _adv._ Wrathfully.
_Henrysone._
_To_ WRY, WREYE, _v. a._ To turn, to twist, O. E.
_Douglas._
A. S. _writh-an_, intorquere.
_To_ WRY, _v. a._ To cover, to conceal.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wre-on_, _wri-on_, _wrig-an_, tegere, celare.
WRIBLE, _s._ A quaver, the act of warbling; also, _werble_.
_Douglas._
Teut. _wervel-en_, to twirl; literally, to turn round.
V. ~Wrabil~.
WRIG, _s._
1. The youngest or feeblest bird in a nest, S.
2. A weak or puny child, or the youngest of the family, S.
Isl. _warg_, an exile.
V. ~Wallidrag~.
WRIGGLE, _s._
V. ~Windskew~.
WRIGHT, _s._ The general name used for a common carpenter, S., Yorks.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _wryhta_, a workman, one by whom any thing is framed; from _wryc-an_, to work.
_To_ WRIK, _v. a._ To wreck, to avenge.
A. S. _wric-an_, id.
_King Hart._
WRINGLE, _s._ A writhing motion, S. B.
V. next word.
WRINK, WRYNK, _s._
1. A turning or winding.
_Douglas._
2. A trick, a subterfuge.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _wrenc_, _wrence_, fraus, dolus, stratagema; Isl. _reinki_, fraudulentus; Teut. _renck-en_, to bend, to turn; _rencke_, flexus; also, fallacia.
~Wrinklit~, _part. adj._ Intricate, having many turnings.
_Douglas._
WRITER, _s._ An attorney, S.
_Burns._
WRO, WROO, _s._ Perhaps inclosure; S. B. _wrae_.
V. ~Rae~.
_Pop. Ball._
WROIK, _s._ Spite, revenge.
_Douglas._
WROKEN, _part. pa._ Revenged.
_Doug._
A. S. _wraec-an_, ulcisci.
WROUL, _s._ An ill-grown person, or puny child, S.
V. ~Warwolf~.
WUGGLE, _s._ A bog or marsh, S. B.
V. ~Waggle~.
_To_ WURBLE, _v. n._ To wriggle.
V. ~Wrabil~.
WURDY, _adj._ Worth, deserving.
V. ~Werdy~.
WULLCAT, _s._ A wild cat, S.
_To tumble the wullcat_, to whirl heels over head, S.
WULLSOME, _adj._ Wild.
V. under ~Will~, _adj._
Y
Y consonant corresponds to A. S. _G_ before a vowel. This has generally in S. been printed Ʒ, from the resemblance of the A. S. letter to the form of the Roman Ʒ, although there is not the least affinity as to power.
This, I apprehend, must be ascribed to the inaccuracy, or to the ignorance of the writers or copyists of MSS., who, misled by the very near resemblance of the letters, substituted the long _z_, or Ʒ, for the A. S. _g_.
In the south of S., _y_ consonant is prefixed to a variety of words which are elsewhere pronounced without it; as, _yaik_ for _ache_, _yield_, age, for _eild_, &c.
YA, YHA, _adv._ Yea, yes, Moray.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _ja_, _jai_, Su. G. _ja_, A. S. _ia_, _ya_, id.
_To_ YABBLE, _v. n._ To gabble, Fife.
YAD, _s._ A piece of bad coal, which becomes a white ashy lump in the fire, Fife; _gaist_, synon.
YAD, YADE, YAUD, _s._ Properly, an old mare, S.; E. _jade_, a worn-out horse. A. Bor. _yaud_.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _jad_, or _jada_, denotes the failure of the teeth.
~Yad-skyvar~, _s._ Apparently, one who drives an old mare.
_Dunbar._
_Yad_, and perh. Su. G. _skiufwa_, to drive.
_To_ YAFF, _v. n._
1. To bark; properly denoting the noise made by a small dog, to yelp, S.
_A. Scott._
2. To prate, to talk pertly; used as expressive of contempt, S.
A. S. _gealp-an_, exclamare, gloriari; Isl. _gialf-ra_, incondita loqui.
_To_ YAIK, YAICK, _v. n._ To ache, S. A.
_L. Scotland._
_To_ YAIK, _v. n._ To quiver, to shake.
_Burel._
YAIR, YAIRE, YARE, _s._
1. An inclosure, stretching into a tideway, for the purpose of detaining the fish when the tide ebbs, S.
_Stat. Rob. I._
2. A sort of scaffolding, which juts out into a river or frith in a straight line, S.
_Stat. Acc._
A. S. _waer_, _wer_, piscina, septum; Su. G. _fisk-gaerd_, id.
~Yair-net~, ~Yare-net~, _s._ A long net extending into the bed of a river inclined upwards, and fixed by poles, S. B.
_Law Case._
YAKEE, _s._ A double tooth, whether in man or beast, Orkney.
Isl. _iaxl_, dens molaris.
_To_ YALD, _v. a._ To yield; pret. _yald_.
_Douglas._
Isl. _gialld-a_, retribuere, luere.
YALD, YAULD, _adj._
1. Sprightly, alert; active, vigorous, S. A. Loth.
Isl. _gilld-r_ expresses the same idea; viribus et virtute praestans.
2. Niggardly, parsimonious, Galloway.
YALLOCH, _s._ A shout, a shrill cry; the act of _yelling_. S. also _yalloch_.
_Doug._
Su. G. _gal-a_, to cry; _gell-a_, to resound.
_To_ YAMER, YAMMER, YAWMER, _v. n._
1. _To_ shriek, to yell.
_Douglas._
2. Now generally used, as signifying, to fret, to whine, to whimper. S.
Germ. _jammer-en_, plangere; A. S. _geomr-ian_, _geomer-ian_, to grumble.
~Yamer~, ~Yawmer~, _s._ A cry, a yell.
_Dunbar._
~Yamering~, _s._ A continued whining, S.
_To_ YAMPH, YAMF, _v. n._ To bark, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _gamb-r_, gannitus; _gamb-ra_, gannire.
YAPE, YAP, YAIP, _adj._
1. Having a keen appetite for food, S.
_Ross._
2. Eager, having an earnest desire for any thing, S.
_Henrysone._
3. Forward, S. B.
_Skinner._
Isl. _gypa_, vorax, from _gap-a_, hiare.
_To_ ~Yape~, _v. n._ To be hungry.
_Ramsay._
_Yaply_, _adv._ Keenly, with a sharp appetite, S.
_Ross._
YARD, YAIRD, _s._ A garden; properly of pot-herbs; also called a _kail-yard_, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _geard_, Su. G. _gaerd_, Belg. _gaarde_, sepes, area clausa.
YARE, YHAR, YORE, _adj._ Ready, alert, in a state of preparation, S. B. O. E.
_Barbour._
It is evidently the same with ~Gare~, q. v.
YARE, _s._ A wear, for catching fish.
V. ~Yair~.
_To_ YARK, _v. a._ To beat.
V. ~Yerk~.
YARNE, YERNE, _adv._ Eagerly, diligently.
_Barbour._
A. S. _georne_, _georn_, studious, careful, _earnest_; Su. G. _gerna_, libenter.
YARNETS, _s. pl._ An instrument for winding yarn, S.
YARPHA, _s._
1. Peat full of fibres and roots, Orkn.
2. Peat combined with clay or sand; a denomination of soil, Orkn.
_Barry._
Isl. _joerfi_, lutum; Norw. _joerme_, black marshy earth, by the common change of _f_ into _m_.
V. Haldorson.
Isl. _jarp-ur_, black, dark-coloured, seems to be the root.
YARR, _s._ Spurrey; a weed found in poor land, S.
YARRING, _adj._ Snarling, captious, troublesome.
V. ~Yirr~.
_Gl. Shirr._
_To_ YARROW, _v. a._ To earn, to gain by industry, S. B.
A. S. _gearw-ian_, to prepare; Su. G. _garfw-a_, _gora_, id.
YAAVE, _s._ Awe, Banffs.
YAVIL, _adj._ Flat, Aberd.
V. ~Auale~, ~Awail~, and ~Awalt~.
_Journ. Lond._
YAUD. _Far yaud_, the signal made by a shepherd to his dog, when he is to drive away some sheep at a distance.
_Minstr. Bord._
A. S. _eode_, ivit, from _gan_, ire; or from _gath_, accede.
_To_ YAUL, _v. n._ To yell.
V. ~Yalloch~.
_Sir Gawan._
YAULD, _adj._ Alert, &c.
V. ~Yald~.
_To_ YAUP, _v. n._
1. To yelp, S.
2. Denoting the incessant crying of birds, S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _galp-en_, gannire instar vulpis.
YAWS, _s. pl._ Apparently the disorder called _Syphilis_; also _Sivvens_, Orkn. Galloway.
YAXE, _s._ An axe, Buchan.
YE, YIE, (corr. printed _zei_.)
This seems to have originated from an imitation of the liquid sound used in Fr., in consequence of _g_ preceding _n_; or, where this was not the case, in consequence of the S. noun following the form of the verb which retained the sound of the Fr. infinitive or participle; as, _en-chainer_, _en-chainé_; whence S. _chenyie_.
YEABLES, _adv._ Perhaps, Loth. Border; _yeablesea_, A. Bor.
V. ~Able~.
YEALD, _adj._ Barren.
V. ~Yeld~.
_To_ YED, _v. n._ To contend, to wrangle, Loth. Isl. _odd-a_, _ydd-a_, excerto.
_Ramsay._
~Yed~, _s._ Strife, contention, Loth.
_Ramsay._
~Yealings~.
V. ~Yieldins~.
YEDDLE, _adj._ Thick, muddy; applied to water, Loth.
V. ~Adill~.
YEDE, YEID, YHED, YHUDE, YOWDE, _pret. v._ Went. _Yede_ is still used in Ang., _gaid_, S.
_Barbour._
Norm. Sax. _gede_, A. S. _geode_, Moes. G. _idd-ja_, Isl. _od_, ibat.
YIEL, _s._ (Printed _zeil_.)
_Bellenden._
Apparently the same with next word.
YIELD, _s._
1. Recompence, or rather compensation.
_Priests Peblis._
2. A subsidy.
_Acts Ja. I._
A. S. _geld_, _gild_, a tax, tribute; from _geld-an_, _gild-an_, to pay.
YIELDINS, YEALINS, _s. pl._ Persons who are coeval, S.
V. ~Eildins~.
YEILL, _s._ "Age."
V. ~Eild~.
_Douglas._
It may, however, be the same with _yeil_, q. return.
_To_ YEISK, YESK, YISK, _v. n._
1. To hiccup, S.
_Douglas._
2. To belch; S. B. _eesk_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _geocsa_, singultus; Germ. _gax-en_, _gix-en_, singultire.
~Yeisk~, ~Yesk~, _s._ A single affection of hiccup, S. _eesk_, S. B.
YELD, YEALD, YELL, EILD, _adj._
1. Barren, S.; _yell_, _eill_, Border. A. Bor. _yell_.
_Montgomerie._
2. A cow, although with calf, is said to _gang yeld_, when her milk dries up, S. B.
_A yeld nurse_, a dry nurse.
_Stat. Acc._
3. Denoting cattle or sheep that are too young to bear, Dumfr.
4. Applied metaph. to broth without meat.
_Kelly._
Isl. _gelld_, _gall_, infaecundus, effaetus; Dan. _gald_, Su. G. _gall_, id. _galko_, vacca sterilis.
YELDRING, YELDRIN, _s._ A yellow-hammer, S. tautologically _yellow-yeldrin_, also _yellow-yite_.
_Sibbald._
A. S. _geole_, yellow, and _ring_; perh. from the yellow _ring_, which at least partly adorns the neck of this bird.
_To_ YELL, _v. n._ To roll, a term applied to a ship. _Yawl_, E.
_Mellvill's MS._
YELLY, YEALTOU, used as an _interj._ expressive of surprise, S. B.
_Yelly_, yea will ye? _yealtou_, yea wilt thou?
_Shirrefs._
_To_ YELLOCH, _v. n._ To scream, to shriek, S. B. Fife.
_Gl. Shirr._
~Yelloch~, ~Yellough~, _s._ A yell, S.
_Cleland._
~Yellowchin~, _s._ Yelling, S.
_Ferguson._
YELLOW GOWAN, the name given in S. to different species of the ranunculus.
V. ~Gowan~.
_To_ YEME, YHEME, YYM, _v. a._ To keep, to take care of.
_Barbour._
A. S. _gem-an_, _gym-an_, to take care of, to keep; Isl. _geym-a_, animum attendere, custodire.
~Yemar~, ~Yhemar~, _s._ A keeper, one who has any object in charge.
_Barbour._
~Yemsell~, ~Yhemsell~, _s._
1. The act of keeping, custody.
_Skene._
2. Used nearly in the same sense with E. _wardship_, _guardianship_, _tutorage_.
_Barbour._
Isl. _geimsla_, Su. G. _goemsel_, custodia.
YERD, YERTH, _s._ Earth, soil.
V. ~Erd~.
Also,
_To_ ~Yerd~, to bury.
V. ~Erd~, _v._
~Yerd-fast~, _adj._ Firmly fastened in the ground, S.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
A. S. _earde-faest_, settled, grounded, Isl. _iardfastr stein_, saxum in terra immotum.
~Yerd-meal~, _s._ Earth-mould, church-yard dust, Aberd.
_Gl. Shirr._
YERE, _adv._ Certainly. _To yere_, too surely, or truly.
_Douglas._
A. S. _geare_, _gere_, certo.
YERESTRENE, _s._ The night before last, S. A.
V. ~Here-yestreen~; also ~Here-yesterday~.
_Gl. Sibb._
To YERK, _v. a._ To bind tightly, as with a small cord, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
A. S. _gearc-ian_, parare.
To YERK, _v. n._
1. To be in a state of fermentation, a term applied to beer, Ang.
Germ. _gaer-a_, Su. G. _goer-a_, effervescere.
2. To do any thing with agility, S. B.
_Gl. Shirr._
3. To be busy, or keenly engaged, applied to the mind.
_Kelly._
Su. G. _yrk-a_, postulare, insistere.
_To_ YERK, YARK, _v. a._ To beat, to strike smartly, S. _jerk_, E.
_Ferguson._
Isl. _hreck-ia_, to beat, pulsare; _jarke_, pes feriens.
~Yerk~, _s._ A smart blow, a _jerk_, S.
YERN-BLITER, _s._ The name given to the snipe. S. B., sometimes pron. _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.
_Bellenden._
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.
_Barbour._
A. S. _gese_, _gise_, _gyse_, immo, etiam.
YHUDE, _pret._ Went.
V. ~Yede~.
YHULL, _s._ Christmas.
V. ~Yule~.
YHUMAN, YUMAN, YOMAN, YEOMAN, _s._
1. A person of inferior station; as, a husbandman or farmer.
_Reg. Maj._
Teut. _ghe-meyn_, A. S. _geman_, communis, vulgaris.
2. It seems to signify a farmer's servant.
_Barbour._
3. A peasant or inhabitant of the country employed as a foot-soldier.
_Barb._
4. A soldier on horseback.
_Wallace._
~Yhumanry~, _s._ The peasantry armed as foot soldiers.
_Barbour._
YIE, _term_ (printed _Zie_).
V. ~Ye~.
YIELD OF THE DAY, the influence of the sun; also the height of the day, Ang.
From E. _yield_, as denoting that the frost gives way.
YILL, _s._ Ale, S. O. and A.
_Burns._
A. S. _eale_, id.
~Yill-wife~, _s._ A woman who brews and sells ale, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ ~Yill~, _v. a._ To entertain with ale, a term commonly used by the vulgar, S. O. to denote one special mode in which a lover entertains his _Dulcinea_ at a fair or market.
YIM, _s._ A particle, an atom; the smallest portion of any thing, Ang.; at times pron. as if _nyim_; perhaps q. _ane yim_.
Su. G. _em_, _im_, _ime_, vapour; Isl. _hióm_, the most minute object.
_To_ YYM, _v. a._ To keep.
~Yimmit~, kept.
V. ~Yeme~.
YING, YYNG, _adj._ Young.
O. E. id.
_Douglas._
YIRDIN, _s._ Thunder, S. B.
V. ~Erddyn~.
_To_ YIRM, _v. n._
1. To whine, to complain, S.
2. To ask in a querulous tone; implying the idea of continuation, S.
Isl. _harm-a_, lugeo, plango; _harm-r_, luctus; G. Andr. p. 107. _Jarm-a_, balare, _jarm-r_, lamentatio.
_To_ YYRNE, _v. n._ To coagulate, to curdle.
V. ~Earn~.
_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-glass, 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.
~Youk~, ~Yeuk~, ~Yuke~, ~Yuck~, _s._
1. The itch, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Itchiness; without any relation to the cutaneous disease denominated the _itch_, S.
~Youky~, _adj._
1. Itchy, S.
_Davidson._
2. Metaph. eager, anxious.
_Ramsay._
_To_ YOUL, YOULE, _v. n._ To howl, to yell, S. A. Bor.
V. ~Goul~, _v._
_Douglas._
~Youl~, ~Yowl~, _s._ A yell, the act of howling, S.
_Dunbar._
YOULRING, _s._ A yellow-hammer.
V. ~Yeldrin~.
YOUND, _adj._ Opposite, what is on the other side, S. _yont_.
_Douglas._
A. S. _geond_, illuc, ultra.
~Yont~, _adv._ Farther, S.
~Yontermost~, _adv._ Still farther, Fife.
From _yonder_, S. _yonter_, and _mair_, more.
YOUP, _s._ A scream.
V. ~Yout~, _s._
YOUSTIR, YOUSTER, _s._ Putrid matter, corrupt blood.
_Douglas._
A. S. _geolster_, virus, sanies; _geolstru_, virulentus.
_To_ YOUT, _v. n._ To cry, to roar, S. B.
_Houlate._
Teut. _iuyt-en_, _iuycht-en_, jubilare, vociferari.
~Yout~, ~Yowt~, _s._ A cry, a scream, S. B. _youp_, synon.
_Lyndsay._
YOUTHEID, YHOUTHADE, YOWTHHEID, _s._ Youth.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _geogeth-had_, the state of being young.
YOUTHIR OF THE SOD, the red ashes of turf, Ang.
YOW, YOUE, _s._ A ewe.
_Complaynt S._
A. S. _eowu_, Belg. _oye_, _ouwe_, id.
YOWDE, _pret._ Went.
V. ~Yede~.
YUIK, _s._ Itchiness.
V. ~Youk~.
_G. Buchanan._
_To_ YUKE, _v. n._ To be itchy.
V. ~Youk~.
YULE, YHULE, YUYLL, _s._ The name given to Christmas, S. A. Bor.
_Wynt._
Su. G. _jul_, Dan. _jule_, _juledag_, Isl. _jol_, A. S. _geola_, _gehul_, id.
This name was originally given to the great annual feast, celebrated among the northern nations, at the time of the winter solstice, in honour of the Sun. Hence Odin was denominated _Julvatter_, or the _Father_ of _Yule_.