yird
Americannoun
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Yett, gate. yird, n. earth; v. a. run to earth.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by John Galt
Lowly there thou lies, my lassie, Lowly there thou lies; A bonnier form ne'er went to the yird Nor frae it will arise!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various
I wish our fonds were well oot of them, and in yird and stane, which is a constansie.
From The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family by John Galt
Weel, maybe he had the root o' the maitter in him, although it made unco little show aboon the yird.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
I wad to God I cud get that sel' o' mine safe aneath the yird, for it jist torments the life oot o' me wi' its ugly face.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
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