Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Scotch form of
jade .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. & Scot. See
yawd .
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Examples
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"Far yaud! far yaud!" and then, with eldritch scream, "_Bauty_," it cried.
Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang
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'Hoy, Yarrow, man! far yaud, far yaud!' he muttered between his teeth, imagining, doubtless, that he was calling to his sheep-dog, and hounding him in shepherds 'phrase against some intruders on the grazing.
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Yarrow, man! far yaud, far yaud! 'he muttered between his teeth, imagining, doubtless, that he was calling to his sheep-dog, and hounding him in shepherds' phrase against some intruders on the grazing.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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Yarrow, man! far yaud, far yaud! 'he muttered between his teeth, imagining, doubtless, that he was calling to his sheep-dog, and hounding him in shepherds' phrase against some intruders on the grazing.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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_Ree_, half drunk, fuddled; _a ree yaud_, a wild horse.
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While hastening from yaud, we stumbled upon Chinese (Peking) yu\?
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_far-yaud_, signifying drive the sheep to a distance.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. Alexander Leighton 1837
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With a start he woke, bathed in perspiration, to find that day had broken, and that from the hillside echoed the long-drawn cry: "Far yaud!
Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang
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` jade'-whether the stone or the animal is not stated, though Scots yad, yade, and yaud mean 'mare' (from Old Norse jalda 'mare,' of Finno-Ugric origin).
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‘Hoy, Yarrow, man! far yaud, far yaud!’ he muttered between his teeth, imagining, doubtless, that he was calling to his sheep-dog, and hounding him in shepherds’ phrase against some intruders on the grazing.
Guy Mannering 1815
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