▪ I. yar(r, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 4 ȝar(r)en, 7 yarre.
[Imitative. Cf. arr v.2, garre v., yirr.]
intr. To snarl or growl, as or like a dog. Hence ˈyarrer; ˈyarring vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1595, & he ȝarrande hym ȝelde. Ibid. 1724 Loude he was ȝayned, with ȝarande speche. 1611 Cotgr., S'entregratter, to whurre, yarre, grumble, one at another. Ibid., Gronderie,..whurling, yarring. Ibid., Grondeur,..a whurrer, or yarrer. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais ii. xxii. 153 When he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their accesse to her. 1768 Beattie To Mr. A. Ross in Helenore (1812) 132 In kittle times, when faes are yarring. 1866 J. E. Brogden Provincial Words & Expressions Lincs. 227 Yar, to snarl. 1953 G. M. Durrell Overloaded Ark x. 181 A young and foolish bitch..had yapped and yarred herself into a fit of hysterical bravery. |
▪ II. yar
obs. or dial. f. earth, ere, their, yair n., your; var. yah int.1