yaraget (yaraj)

[ To the end that he might, with his light ships, well manned with water-men, turn and environ the galleys of the enemies, the which were heavy of yarage , both for their bigne , as also for lack of water-men to row them. North , tr. of Plutarch, p. 777. yarb (yärb), n. A dialectal form of herb. Her qualifications as white witch were boundle cun[and] some skill in yarbs , as she called her ning, simples. Kingsley , Westward Ho, iv.