WOT, to know.

"If Skiddaw hath a cap,

Criffel wots full well of that."-Cumberland Proverb.

WOTS, oats.

WRAMP, a sprain.

WRANG, wrong.

WRAUL, to fret; to find fault; to grumble.—MS.

YALLO, yellow.
YAMMERT, bawled.

YANCE, once.

Y.

YANS, ones.

YAT, a gate. Both Chaucer and Spenser use yate. YAUD, or YAWD, a common name among country people for a horse; a jade. A druidical temple in Cumberland, goes by the name of the "Grey Yauds," probably from the colour of the stones. -Brockett.

YAUR, or YER, your.
YEAGE, age.

YEARLES (EARLES in Craven), money advanced or given to confirm a bargain.

YEASY, easy.

YEDDER, a straight hazel stick used in binding down fences.

YEE, you.

will.

YEE'L, you
YEER, a year.
YEK, an oak.
YELL, whole.

YEN, one. YENCE, once.

YER, or YAUR, your. YERSEL', yourself.

YERD, a yard.

YE's, ye shall.

YILP, a term used to express the chirping of mice, birds, &c.

YOUNGERMER, younger persons.

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