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

_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._

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. s.h.i.+rr._

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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