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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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(Ȝarr,) Yarr, v. [Late ME and e.m.E. ȝar(r (both 14th c.), yarre (1611).] intr. Of a dog: To snarl or growl. —Urquhart Rabelais ii xxii 153.
All the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her
