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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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YAIN, int. Also yean. A call to a horse in harness to turn left (Slg., Lnk., Ayr. 1974). [jen]Ayr. 1901 G. Douglas Green Shutters i.:
Cracking his whip, with many a ‘hup horse; yean horse; woa lad; steady!'Slg. 1929 W. D. Cocker Dandie 22:
The weel-ken't plooman's cries, “hu'-back” an' “yain.”
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