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单词 yair
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yairyaren.

Brit. /jɛː/, U.S. /jɛ(ə)r/, Scottish English /jer/
Forms: Middle English ihar, yhar, Middle English yhare, ( yere), Middle English–1800s yare, Middle English yar, Middle English–1500s yaire, Middle English ȝar, 1500s–1800s yair, 1800s yaar.
Etymology: Old English gear, ger, recorded in combination mylengear, -ger ‘mill-yair’.
Scottish and northern dialect.
An enclosure extending into a tide-way in a river or on the sea-shore, for catching fish; a fishgarth.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish-weir or -garth
weir839
fish-weirc1000
yair1178
fishgarth1454
eel-bed1483
water frith1584
frith1602
garth1609
fish-lock1661
crawl1682
fish-yard1685
fishing-pen1791
eelery1854
fishing-weir1870
crib1873
ark1883
kiddle1891
1178–1219 Chartulary of Abbey of Lindores (S.H.S.) 11 Omnes piscarias in they..preter vnam piscariam meam, scilicet, vnam iharam ad colcrike.
c1200 in J. T. Fowler Chartularium Abbathiæ de Novo Monasterio (1878) 15 Piscarias meas de Benton in Tyna, &c. Hames yhare et Burnemuth yare.
1369 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. (1814) 66/1 Cum piscariis infra aquas de Northesk, et Suthesk, in crois, yaris, et Rethibus.
1408 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 53 In 400 sperlynges de nostro yar, 2s.
1511 Exch. Rolls Scot. XIII. 443 (note) With all woddis, forestis, wateris, lowis, yairis and fischingis thaireof bath in fresch watir and in salt.
1580 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 553 The demolescheing and doun casting of the cruvis and yairis on the watter of Forth.
c1680 in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1908) III. 211 Some of them [sc. herrings]..are taken in the Yairs.
1791 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. I. 282 There are a good number of salmon caught on the sea coast [Kiltearn]..by means of yaires, or small inclosures, built in a curve or semicircular form near the shore. At high water the salmon comes within these yaires, and at low water is easily taken.
1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VIII. 597 They erect what are called yares, a sort of scaffold projecting into the water; upon which they build little huts..; from these scaffolds they let down..their nets.
1883 Standard 10 May 3/6 He..destroyed a yare in which they often caught a number of herrings.

Compounds

yair-fishing n. fishing by means of yairs.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > other methods of fishing
tickling1616
twitchelling1689
yair-fishing1796
ice-fishing1842
foul-hooking1860
pointing1860
fish-wood1861
muddying1877
snatching1878
roll casting1897
jack fishing1899
cod jigging1921
free spooling1937
noodling1937
electrofishing1950
shocker1953
ghost fishing1963
catch-and-release1973
1796 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVII. 217 The Zair or Yair Fishings, so productive in this parish [sc. Cardross].
yair-net n. a long net fixed by poles and extending into a river so as to form a yair.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > fixed net
stall net1246
trink1311
set net1481
trinkerc1485
pitch1523
half-net1538
trink-net1584
stop-net1634
toot-net1805
yair-net1805
stob-net1806
seta1808
stake-net1836
barrier-net1884
boom net1925
1805 State v. Leslie of Powis 109 (Jam.) The yare-net is about thirty-six fathoms in length, and about two and one-half fathoms in depth.
1805 State v. Leslie of Powis 356 (Jam.) The..yare nets extend at least three fourths across the channel of the river.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

yairadv.

Brit. /jɛː/, U.S. /jɛ(ə)/, Australian English /jeə/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: yeah adv.
Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation of yeah adv. With use in Australia compare earlier yairs adv.With reference to U.S. English, this spelling is only used to represent non-rhotic pronunciations, e.g. in some north-eastern varieties, and in African American use. (Australian English is regularly non-rhotic; compare non-rhotic adj.)
colloquial (originally U.S., now chiefly Australian).
Yes, yeah.
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the mind > language > statement > assent > [adverb] > expression of assent > in representations of non-native speech
yaw1600
yas1776
yah1833
yair1903
1903 Secret Service 13 Mar. 22/1 ‘A marine?’ asked Old King Brady, becoming suddenly interested. ‘Yair.’
1935 W. Faulkner Pylon 122 ‘Three will pay the bus,’ Schumann said. ‘Just take three more.’ ‘Yair,’ Jiggs said. ‘Seven or eight will be a plenty.’
1953 A. Upfield Venom House i. 3 ‘You manage all right without brakes?’ ‘Yair. Nothing wrong with the ruddy engine to ease her up.’
1959 S. H. Courtier Death in Dream Time xii. 164 ‘My coat still there?’ ‘Yair.’
1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xv. 344 Yair, but in the glasshouse youse don't keep getting shot at.
2010 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 3 Oct. (Sport section) 15 Yair, yair—we're still here.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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