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Su. G. _gal-a_, to cry; _gell-a_, to resound.

_To_ YAMER, YAMMER, YAWMER, _v. n._

1. _To_ shriek, to yell.

_Douglas._

2. Now generally used, as signifying, to fret, to whine, to whimper. S.

Germ. _jammer-en_, plangere; A. S. _geomr-ian_, _geomer-ian_, to grumble.

~Yamer~, ~Yawmer~, _s._ A cry, a yell.

_Dunbar._

~Yamering~, _s._ A continued whining, S.

_To_ YAMPH, YAMF, _v. n._ To bark, S.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _gamb-r_, gannitus; _gamb-ra_, gannire.

YAPE, YAP, YAIP, _adj._

1. Having a keen appet.i.te for food, S.

_Ross._

2. Eager, having an earnest desire for any thing, S.

_Henrysone._

3. Forward, S. B.

_Skinner._

Isl. _gypa_, vorax, from _gap-a_, hiare.

_To_ ~Yape~, _v. n._ To be hungry.

_Ramsay._

_Yaply_, _adv._ Keenly, with a sharp appet.i.te, S.

_Ross._

YARD, YAIRD, _s._ A garden; properly of pot-herbs; also called a _kail-yard_, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _geard_, Su. G. _gaerd_, Belg. _gaarde_, sepes, area clausa.

YARE, YHAR, YORE, _adj._ Ready, alert, in a state of preparation, S. B.

O. E.

_Barbour._

It is evidently the same with ~Gare~, q. v.

YARE, _s._ A wear, for catching fish.

V. ~Yair~.

_To_ YARK, _v. a._ To beat.

V. ~Yerk~.

YARNE, YERNE, _adv._ Eagerly, diligently.

_Barbour._

A. S. _georne_, _georn_, studious, careful, _earnest_; Su. G.

_gerna_, libenter.

YARNETS, _s. pl._ An instrument for winding yarn, S.

YARPHA, _s._

1. Peat full of fibres and roots, Orkn.

2. Peat combined with clay or sand; a denomination of soil, Orkn.

_Barry._

Isl. _joerfi_, lutum; Norw. _joerme_, black marshy earth, by the common change of _f_ into _m_.

V. Haldorson.

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