yarrn.
/jɑː/, U.S. /jɑr/, Scottish English /jar/ Scottish and northern dialect.
The corn-spurrey, Spergula arvensis.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > corn-spurrey
corn-spurrey1771
yarr1775
pickpurse1787
1775 Essays Agric. 435 Farmers in Scotland will take notice that this [sc. yarrow] is not the plant known among them by the name of Yarr, spurrey, Spergula.
1812 D. Souter Gen. View Agric. Banff App. 46 Those lesser weeds that go under the common appellation of skellach, gule, yarr, &c.
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 390 S[pergula] arvensis is a common weed in sandy soils, in Scotland called yarr.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
yarrv.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
intransitive. To snarl or growl, as or like a dog.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > snarl or growl
garre1382
hurr1398
roina1450
gnar1496
snar1530
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grumble1608
yarr1611
whirr1706
growl1719
yirra1796
gargle1861
grrra1963
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > growl or snarl
arr1484
yarr1611
harr?1748
bow-wow1832
grrra1963
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > growl
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arr1600
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c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1724 Ȝonde he watȝ ȝayned with ȝarande speche.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1595 & he ȝarrande hym ȝelde.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues S'entregratter, to whurre, yarre, grumble, one at another.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxii. 153 When he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their accesse to her.
1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 227 Yar, to snarl.
1953 G. Durrell Overloaded Ark x. 181 A young and foolish bitch..had yapped and yarred herself into a fit of hysterical bravery.
Derivatives
ˈyarrer n.
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the world > animals > by noises > [noun] > that snarls
yarrer1611
snarler1797
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [noun] > growl or snarl > person
yarrer1611
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > snarling > dog defined by
yarrer1611
snarler1797
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Grondeur,..a whurrer, or yarrer.
ˈyarring n. and adj.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that snarls or growls
snarry1582
gnarring1592
snarling1595
yarring1611
growling1705
the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > snarl or growl > growling
yarring1611
growling1807
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [noun] > growl or snarl
yarring1611
growl1821
yirr1825
undergrowla1849
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gronderie,..whurling, yarring.
1778 J. Beattie in A. Ross Helenore (ed. 2) Ded. p. vi In kittle times, when faes are yarring.
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