yird
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Thou ance was i' the foremost rank, A filly buirdly, steeve, an' swank; An' set weel down a shapely shank, As e'er tread yird; An' could hae flown out-owre a stank, Like ony bird.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
Dear old man! he has long ago "gone to the yird," but his memory is green as the grass which waves upon his grave.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
Short fushionless dirt, that canna grow straucht oot o' the halesome yird, like the bonnie lint-bells, but maun stick itsel' upo' a buss!—set it up!
From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George
If any "yird," or earth, stick to the root, that is "tocher," or fortune; and the taste of the "custock," that is, the heart of the stem, is indicative of the natural temper and disposition.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
There maybe vouts aneath vouts, for them 'at ye can win intill 's half fu' o' yird an' stanes.
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
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