yett
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of yett
Scots form of gate 1
Example Sentences
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As unknowen, and yet knowen; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yett not kiled.
From Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by William Bradford
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 John Earle
Tuts, woman, open the yett," said Willie in his cagiest manner, "and I'll tell ye a' aboot it.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton
And when he came to the porter's yett, Stayed neither to chap or ca', But set his bent bow to his breast, And lightly lap the wa'.'
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by John Geddie
He would have climbed the highest trees as though he had been speeling owre a common yett, and swung himsel by the heels frae their topmost branches.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by John Mackay Wilson
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