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_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.
