An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

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. Isl. jarp-ur, black, dark-coloured, seems to be the root.

YARR, s. Spurrey; a weed found in poor land, S.

YARRING, adj. Snarling, captious, troublesome.
V. [Yirr].
Gl. Shirr.