yaud

[ yawd, yahd ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. a mare, especially an old, worn-out one.

Word History and Origins

Origin of yaud¹

1350–1400; Middle English yald < Old Norse jalda mare

Example Sentences

"Hey! hey! yaud! yaud!" and then came the sound of a thwack on the backs of the lazy troop he was driving before him.

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“Hey, Batty, lad!—far yaud, far yaud!” cried a voice by his side.

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The words in italics have been inserted by Mr. Salamé, in order to render the reading more perfect, and are not in the original:-- A literal Translation of a Declaration written in a corrupted Arabic, from the Town of Yaud, in the Interior of Africa.

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No one, I presume, will say that there is not a manifest difference between these two translations--between the town called Yaud, in the country of Kossa, and the territory of Hausa, called Ecauree.

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This declaration is issued from the town called Yaud, in the county of Kossa.

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