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
Within this hall neither rich nor yett poore Wold do for me ought although I shold dye.
It was monys promised to Prince John Casimir to goe bake with his army out of France, whiche, you will finde, is not intended to be payed yett.
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva
I ... doe most humbly throwe myselfe at your Ma'ties feet," he said, "in a dutifull thankfullness to your Majestie, that you yett think me worthy of your Royall Commands.
From Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
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)
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