yarpha

[Etym. doubtful.] A kind of peaty soil; a soil in which peat predominates. (Orkney & Shetland.) yarr, s . [Abbreviated from yarrow (q.v.), with which the spurrey was sometimes confounded, though the two are not at all akin. ( Prior .)] Bot .: Spergula arvensis . Norfolk. yat-a-ghăn, subst . [Turk. yatagán .] A sort of dagger-like saber, with double-curved blade, about two feet long, the handle without a cro -guard, much worn in Mohammedan countries. Also written Ataghan (q. v.). yāte, subst. [See def.] A softened form of gate. (Used in the North of England.) yâud, yâwd, subst. [See def.] A softened form of jade (q. v.). "Your yawds may take cold, and never be good after it." -Broome: Jovial Crew. *yaugh, s. [YACHT.] A yacht. "Celox a Yaugh, or Yatcht, a Gundola, or Flyboat, Pinnace, or Wherry."- Little ton: Lat. Dict. yâul, 8. [YAWL.] yâup. v. i. [A form of gape, or yelp.] To yell; to cry out like a child or a bird. ( Scotch.)