yird
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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 Robert Turnbull
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
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 The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
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
There maybe vouts aneath vouts, for them 'at ye can win intill 's half fu' o' yird an' stanes.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
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