Ya, Yan, C, one; Ae and Yin in Dumfriesshire.
_Ya_ is used when the noun indicated is named—_yan_, when it is
understood; thus—“How many fwoke was theer?” “_Yan!_” “No’but _yan_?”
“No’but _ya_ man!” _Ae_ and _yin_ are used in the same way. The use of
the first is illustrated in the conversation without consonants which
is said to have come off in a shop in Dumfries—Customer, referring
to some cloth, asks, “A’ ’oo?” Shopman assents, “Ou aye, a’ ’oo!”
Customer again, “A’ _ae_ ’oo?” Shopman, “Ou aye, a’ _ae_ ’oo!” That
is, “All wool?” “O yes, all wool!” “All one (or the same) wool?” “O
yes, all one wool!”
Yabble, C, wealthy (literally, able).
“A varra _yabble_ man i’ heeh life was wantan ta simma.”
_Rev. T. Clarke._ Johnny Shippard.
Yammer, S and C, to articulate quickly and indistinctly from any
feeling.
“Fareweel to the bodies that _yammer_ and prowm.”
Song—Bide ye yet.
“There’s been a lang _yammer_ in t’ papers last week.”
_Dickinson._ Scallow Beck Boggle.
Yewl, C, to weep.
“A lāl thing mak’s a barne _yewl_, an’ a lāl thing mak’s it
laugh.”—Proverb.
Yoad and Yad, S and C, a mare.
“Frae Tindal-fell twelve pecks she’d bring—
She was a _yad_ fit for a king.”
_Anderson._ My bonnie black meer’s deed.
Yoke, S and C, to engage with, to set to, to put a horse to a vehicle,
etc.
“At length we had a hearty _yokin_
At sang about.”
_Burns._ Ep. to Lapraik.
“An’ they _yoak’t_ it ageàn an’ laid at it wi’ t’ whup.”
_Dickinson._ The Ore Carter’s Wife.
Yowl, S and C, to howl.
“A dog winna _yowl_ an’ ye hit him wi’ a bane.”—Proverb.