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yowf, n. Sc. (jaʊf) Also yowff, youf(f. [Echoic.] A smart swingeing blow. Hence yowf v. trans., to strike with such a blow.1711 Ramsay On Maggy Johnstoun vii, Death wi' his rung rax'd her a yowff. c 1738 J. Skinner Christmas Ba'ing ii, They yowff'd the ba' frae dyke to dyke. 1808 Jamieson, Youff, Yo...
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yirr
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 wat...
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youft
▪ I. youf, v. Sc. (jaʊf) Forms: 7 youph, yooff, 8–9 youf, yuff, 9 youff(e, yowf(f. [Echoic. Cf. yaff.] intr. To bark, esp. in a suppressed manner.1682 Law Mem. (1818) 224 His dogs..howling, yelling, and youphing. Ibid., Howling and yooffing. a 1774 Fergusson Poems (1789) II. 6 My colley, Ringie, you...
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