yett
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of yett
Scots form of gate 1
Example Sentences
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Sir, the weather has ben very bad, and Great Sea, so we Can Due Nothing as yett on the Rack with my Whale boat and men, but se the Anchor Every Low Watter.
From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by J. Franklin (John Franklin) Jameson
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
But hark! the bells frae nearer clang; To rowst the slaw their sides they bang; An’ see! black coats a’ready thrang The green kirkyaird; And at the yett, the chestnuts spang That brocht the laird.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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 Eva Scott
"If ye be the Earl o' Stockford's dochter, As I've some thouchts ye be,170 Aft hae I waited at your father's yett, But your face I ne'er could see."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
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