yate
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of yate
from a native Australian language
Example Sentences
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There’s never a Scot shall set thee free; Before ye cross my castle yate, I vow ye shall take farewell o’ me.”
From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert
He lighted at the ladye's yate, And sat him on a pin;50 And sang fu' sweet the notes o' love, Till a' was cosh within.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
This accounts for the original name, which Dugdale tells us was Derry-yate-end: derry, low; yate, gate; end, extremity of the parish; with which it perfectly agrees.
From An History of Birmingham (1783) by Hutton, William
Ye prynces of helle open youre yate, And let my folk furthe gone, A prynce of peasse shalle enter therat Wheder ye wille or none.
From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Rhys, Ernest
"That the bonny lass of Lochroyan "Was at the yate e'en now.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir
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