Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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YETERIE, adj. Also yetrie. Of a hiccup: severe, annoying; also of a cough accompanied by phlegm (Sc. 1887 Jam., a yeterie yisking).
[Variant of Ettery, q.v. See Y, letter, 2.(2).]
