yird

American  

[yird] / yɪrd /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. earth.

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Example Sentences

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 Galt, John

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

In a measure," was the cautious reply, "but the puir wee lassie grew paler and paler; and noo her bonny brown hair is covered wi' the yird.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert

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

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