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Quotation dates: 1853
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YITE, int. In combs. yite-hub, -hup, -wo, calls to a horse in harness. See Hup, Wo.Rnf. 1853 J. Fraser Poetic Chimes or Leisure Lays 67:
Yite hub, whaur are ye gaun tae? Ye see, I boucht that beast in the Grasseree, And it's a real game ane; yite wo! . . . Fife folk are droll folk after a'; yite hup.
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