yird

[ yird ]

/ yɪrd /

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noun Scot. and North England.

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Words nearby yird

yipe, yipes, yippee, yippie, yips, yird, yirr, yite, yitten, Yizkor, -yl

How to use yird in a sentence

I canna understand, said he, what for a this fykeries about a lump o yird?
The Entail|John Galt
By this time the day, or rather evening, had darkened down, and the yird drift had become choaking and perplexing.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 19|Various
I wish our fonds were well oot of them, and in yird and stane, which is a constansie.
The Ayrshire Legatees|John Galt