yirr, v. Sc.
(jɪr)
[Possibly repr. OE. ᵹyrran, *ᵹirran (see yerr), but probably an independent echoic formation.]
intr. To snarl, growl. So yirr n., a snarl, growl.
| 1786 Burns Ep. to Maj. Logan ii, When idly goavan whyles we saunter; Yirr! fancy barks. 1815 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (1826) 63 The watch-dogs yirr'd and yowf'd wi' fright. 1825 Jamieson, Yirr, the growl of a dog. 1890 Service Notandums xix. 125 If ony whillywha o' an Englisher should yirr and mak a kilfudyoch aboot the words he doesna ken. |