_Cleland._

~Yellowchin~, _s._ Yelling, S.

_Ferguson._

YELLOW GOWAN, the name given in S. to different species of the ranunculus.

V. ~Gowan~.

_To_ YEME, YHEME, YYM, _v. a._ To keep, to take care of.

_Barbour._

A. S. _gem-an_, _gym-an_, to take care of, to keep; Isl. _geym-a_, animum attendere, custodire.

~Yemar~, ~Yhemar~, _s._ A keeper, one who has any object in charge.

_Barbour._

~Yemsell~, ~Yhemsell~, _s._

1. The act of keeping, custody.

_Skene._

2. Used nearly in the same sense with E. _wardship_, _guardianship_, _tutorage_.

_Barbour._

Isl. _geimsla_, Su. G. _goemsel_, custodia.

YERD, YERTH, _s._ Earth, soil.

V. ~Erd~.

Also,

_To_ ~Yerd~, to bury.

V. ~Erd~, _v._

~Yerd-fast~, _adj._ Firmly fastened in the ground, S.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

A. S. _earde-faest_, settled, grounded, Isl. _iardfastr stein_, saxum in terra immotum.

~Yerd-meal~, _s._ Earth-mould, church-yard dust, Aberd.

_Gl. Shirr._

YERE, _adv._ Certainly. _To yere_, too surely, or truly.

_Douglas._

A. S. _geare_, _gere_, certo.

YERESTRENE, _s._ The night before last, S. A.

V. ~Here-yestreen~; also ~Here-yesterday~.

_Gl. Sibb._

To YERK, _v. a._ To bind tightly, as with a small cord, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

A. S. _gearc-ian_, parare.

To YERK, _v. n._

1. To be in a state of fermentation, a term applied to beer, Ang.

Germ. _gaer-a_, Su. G. _goer-a_, effervescere.

2. To do any thing with agility, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

3. To be busy, or keenly engaged, applied to the mind.

_Kelly._

Su. G. _yrk-a_, postulare, insistere.

_To_ YERK, YARK, _v. a._ To beat, to strike smartly, S. _jerk_, E.

_Ferguson._

Isl. _hreck-ia_, to beat, pulsare; _jarke_, pes feriens.

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