Yark vs Yar - What's the difference?
yark | yar |
To make ready; prepare.
*1881 , Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland :
(obsolete) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
(obsolete) To set open; open.
To draw (stitches etc.) tight.
To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
To crack (a whip).
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.96:
*:he would throw a Dagger, and make a whip to yarke and lash [tr. faisoit craqueter''], as cunningly as any Carter in ''France .
To snarl; gnar.
(intransitive, chiefly, Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; be captious or troublesome.
Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
* 1958 , Bulletin of the John Rylands Library
As verbs the difference between yark and yar
is that yark is to make ready; prepare while yar is to snarl; gnar.As an adjective yar is
sour; brackish.yark
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)- [...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark , and leather to bark, [...]
Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
Origin uncertain, probably originally imitative; compare (jerk) etc.Alternative forms
* yerkVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
*yar
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(en-verb)Etymology 2
Origin uncertain.Alternative forms
* (l)Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- 1940' ''My, she was '''yar ...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.'' -
- ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.
- 1993' ''Arr, here be a fine vessel: the '''yarest river-going boat there be. - Captain McAllister
