▪ I. yarr, n. Sc. and north. dial.
(jar)
[Cf. NFris. (Föhr) jīr spurrey.]
The corn-spurrey, Spergula arvensis.
| 1775 Essays Agric. 435 Farmers in Scotland will take notice that this [sc. yarrow] is not the plant known among them by the name of Yarr, spurrey, Spergula. 1812 Souter Agric. Banff App. 46 Those lesser weeds that go under the common appellation of skellach, gule, yarr, &c. 1829 Loudon Encycl. Plants 390 S[pergula] arvensis is a common weed in sandy soils, in Scotland called yarr. |
▪ II. yarr, v.
see yar.