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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.

[An erron. form based on confusion between Gait, n.2, and Eng. gate = Sc. Yett, n.1]

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