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

2. To do any thing with agility, S. B.
Gl. Shirr.
3. To be busy, or keenly engaged, applied to the mind.
Kelly.

Su. G. yrk-a, postulare, insistere.

To YERK, YARK, v. a. To beat, to strike smartly, S. jerk, E.
Ferguson.

Isl. hreck-ia, to beat, pulsare; jarke, pes feriens.

Yerk, s. A smart blow, a jerk, S.

YERN-BLITER, s. The name given to the snipe. S. B., sometimes pron. yern-bluter.
Journ. Lond.

To YESK, v. n. To hiccup. S.
V. [Yeisk].

To YESTER, v. a. To discompose, to disturb. Ang.

Su. G. yster, ferox, or A. S. ge-styr-an, turbare.

YESTREEN, YISTRENE, s. Yesternight.
V. [Here-yesterday].
Douglas.