yird
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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There maybe vouts aneath vouts, for them 'at ye can win intill 's half fu' o' yird an' stanes.
From Malcolm 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
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 MacDonald, George
"Weel, that beats the world!" quoth the smith; "I wad hae thought the mare wad hae luppen ower yird and stane, or fa'en down dead wi' fright."
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
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 MacDonald, George
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