yett
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of yett
Scots form of gate 1
Example Sentences
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"The beggar man he thumped at the yett Till bolt and bar did flee, O, When wha should come out but the laird himsel, And an angry man was he, O. Fal de ral," &c.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
No Doctor as yett for he that the Capt. went to Agree with was a Drunkard and an Extortioner so we are better without him than with him.
From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
Is T. Triplett at London yett, or have you any great occasion to draw him up.
From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John
Only the Pope a stomack still could find; But yett they were not powder'd to his mind.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
They plainly through the country rides, I trow the mickle devil them guides, Where they onset Ay in their gait, There is no yett, Nor door them bides.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert
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