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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1809
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¶YETT, n.2 See quot. and Gait, n.2Bwk. 1809 R. Kerr Agric. Bwk. 240:
When reaped in catching weather, barley is generally set up in yetts, goats, gates, or single sheaves slightly bound near the ear-end, and set upon their butts spread out.
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