yarphan.
/ˈjɑːfə/, U.S. /ˈjɑrfə/, Scottish English /ˈjarfə/ Scottish dialect.
A peatbog; peat combined with clay or sand.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > peat-bog
turf-graft1313
turbary1363
peat mire1431
peat moss1505
peatbog1550
flow-mossc1565
cess1636
peat marsh1723
yarpha1805
peat moor1821
flow bog1831
raised bog1891
mire1946
raised mire1968
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > organic soil > peat or peaty soil
peat1400
turbaryc1450
turf1510
moor1596
moor earth1607
bog-earth1787
yarpha1805
pegasse1825
bog-mould1834
1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney i. i. 10 Yarpha, or bog soil, whose characteristic is a black colour connected with the power of retaining moisture.
1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney i. i. 10 In those places that are most elevated, the yarpha soil is most frequent.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Yarpha, 1. Peat full of fibres and roots, Orkney.
1821 W. Scott Pirate III. viii. 182 The poor yarpha, as the benighted creatures here call their peat-bogs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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