单词 | yair |
释义 | yairyaren. Scottish and northern dialect. An enclosure extending into a tide-way in a river or on the sea-shore, for catching fish; a fishgarth. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish-weir or -garth weir839 fish-weirc1000 yair1178 fishgarth1454 eel-bed1483 water frith1584 frith1602 garth1609 fish-lock1661 crawl1682 fish-yard1685 fishing-pen1791 eelery1854 fishing-weir1870 crib1873 ark1883 kiddle1891 1178–1219 Chartulary of Abbey of Lindores (S.H.S.) 11 Omnes piscarias in they..preter vnam piscariam meam, scilicet, vnam iharam ad colcrike. c1200 in J. T. Fowler Chartularium Abbathiæ de Novo Monasterio (1878) 15 Piscarias meas de Benton in Tyna, &c. Hames yhare et Burnemuth yare. 1369 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1814) 66/1 Cum piscariis infra aquas de Northesk, et Suthesk, in crois, yaris, et Rethibus. 1408 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 53 In 400 sperlynges de nostro yar, 2s. 1511 Exch. Rolls Scot. XIII. 443 (note) With all woddis, forestis, wateris, lowis, yairis and fischingis thaireof bath in fresch watir and in salt. 1580 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 553 The demolescheing and doun casting of the cruvis and yairis on the watter of Forth. c1680 in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1908) III. 211 Some of them [sc. herrings]..are taken in the Yairs. 1791 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. I. 282 There are a good number of salmon caught on the sea coast [Kiltearn]..by means of yaires, or small inclosures, built in a curve or semicircular form near the shore. At high water the salmon comes within these yaires, and at low water is easily taken. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VIII. 597 They erect what are called yares, a sort of scaffold projecting into the water; upon which they build little huts..; from these scaffolds they let down..their nets. 1883 Standard 10 May 3/6 He..destroyed a yare in which they often caught a number of herrings. Compounds yair-fishing n. fishing by means of yairs. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > other methods of fishing tickling1616 twitchelling1689 yair-fishing1796 ice-fishing1842 foul-hooking1860 pointing1860 fish-wood1861 muddying1877 snatching1878 roll casting1897 jack fishing1899 cod jigging1921 free spooling1937 noodling1937 electrofishing1950 shocker1953 ghost fishing1963 catch-and-release1973 1796 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVII. 217 The Zair or Yair Fishings, so productive in this parish [sc. Cardross]. yair-net n. a long net fixed by poles and extending into a river so as to form a yair. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > fixed net stall net1246 trink1311 set net1481 trinkerc1485 pitch1523 half-net1538 trink-net1584 stop-net1634 toot-net1805 yair-net1805 stob-net1806 seta1808 stake-net1836 barrier-net1884 boom net1925 1805 State v. Leslie of Powis 109 (Jam.) The yare-net is about thirty-six fathoms in length, and about two and one-half fathoms in depth. 1805 State v. Leslie of Powis 356 (Jam.) The..yare nets extend at least three fourths across the channel of the river. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). yairadv. colloquial (originally U.S., now chiefly Australian). Yes, yeah. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [adverb] > expression of assent > in representations of non-native speech yaw1600 yas1776 yah1833 yair1903 1903 Secret Service 13 Mar. 22/1 ‘A marine?’ asked Old King Brady, becoming suddenly interested. ‘Yair.’ 1935 W. Faulkner Pylon 122 ‘Three will pay the bus,’ Schumann said. ‘Just take three more.’ ‘Yair,’ Jiggs said. ‘Seven or eight will be a plenty.’ 1953 A. Upfield Venom House i. 3 ‘You manage all right without brakes?’ ‘Yair. Nothing wrong with the ruddy engine to ease her up.’ 1959 S. H. Courtier Death in Dream Time xii. 164 ‘My coat still there?’ ‘Yair.’ 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xv. 344 Yair, but in the glasshouse youse don't keep getting shot at. 2010 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 3 Oct. (Sport section) 15 Yair, yair—we're still here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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