yett

[ yet ]

/ yɛt /

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noun Chiefly Scot.

gate.

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Origin of yett

Scots form of gate¹

Words nearby yett

yesteryear, yestreen, Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, yet, yeti, yett, Yetta, yettie, yeuk, Yevtushenko, yew

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How to use yett in a sentence

The impact, to Yett, is one only these girls have the authority to make.
Meet the Liberian Girls Beating Ebola|Abby Haglage|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This day I went home upon furlow, yesterday Sergent Yett went home.
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775|Abraham Tomlinson
But I gripped an oak-ritt and stelled mysel for an hour till the water knockit the yett to sawdust.
The Half-Hearted|John Buchan
As the good mare pressed on unweariedly bridegroom and bride rode up to the 'yett' of 'the Bower' in the late twilight.
Border Ghost Stories|Howard Pease

Whyles that she is yett younge and reckeless, and gif shee bee faste, and hathe naughte to beare homewards, lo!
Continental Monthly, Vol. I, No. V, May, 1862|Various
Yett we beleive we weir not very farr off shore, for we had thousands of birds about us.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period|Various

British Dictionary definitions for yett

yett

/ (jɛt) /

noun

Scot a gate or door

Word Origin for yett

Old English variant of gate 1

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