yure Sc. and north. dial.
(jʊə(r))
Forms: 5 ȝowre, 7– yower, ure, ewr, 8–9 yewer, ewer, 9 yure (yuer, yoo(e)r, yowr, etc.).
[Obscurely connected with ON. j{uacu}gr (Norw. juver, MSw. juver, juger, Sw. jufver, Da. yver), f. unexplained variant of the Teut. stem represented by OE. {uacu}der udder.]
An udder.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 427/2 A ȝowre, vber. 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 8 It is goode to admonish the shepheard to pluck the wolle away from the yower of the ewe, thereby to make more way for weake lambes to finde the pappe. Ibid. 80 If an ewe bee kittle on her yower, or unkinde to her lambe. 1691 Ray N.C. Words (ed. 2), Ure, udder. 1787 Grose Prov. Gloss., Ewer, an udder. 1825 Jamieson, Ure, the dug or udder of an animal, particularly of a sheep or cow. Ibid., Ure-lock, the name given to the locks of wool growing round the udder of a sheep, which are pulled off when it is near lambing-time. 1828 Craven Gloss., Yower-joint, the joint near the udder or thigh of the horse, opposite the hock or hough. |