_Yerkes._ _Yerkes_, or _yerks_, present indicative third person singular
of _yerk_, to lash, to jerk. Lashes; jerks.
_Yetter._ _Yett_, a gate; _ere_, an agent. One who has charge of a gate;
a gate-keeper. _Yett_ was usually applied to a gate that commanded the
entrance to a farm-yard or a field.