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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.
