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YARROW, v. 1. To earn, to gain by industry (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.).
2. To prepare grain for use, to make meal (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XI. 221).Sh. 1893 Sinclair MS. 6:
Du tinks no aboot da yarrowin?Sh. 1898 Shetland News (12 March):
I can hardly believe 'at ye hae nae üse for sivs an' weichts, gudeman. Yarrow ye nane o' your crops?Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 172:
At the burn close by stood the watter-mill, on which the crop was ground during the yarrowin.
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