v. Obs. exc. dial. Also 4 ȝar(r)en, 7 yarre. [Imitative. Cf. ARR v.1, GARRE v., YIRR.] intr. To snarl or growl, as or like a dog. Hence Yarrer; Yarring vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 1595. & he ȝarrande hym ȝelde. Ibid., 1724. Loude he was ȝayned, with ȝarande speche.
1611. Cotgr., S’entregratter, to whurre, yarre, grumble, one at another. Ibid., Gronderie,… whurling, yarring. Ibid., Grondeur,… a whurrer, or yarrer.
1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, II. xxii. 153. When he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their accesse to her.
1768. Beattie, To Mr. A. Ross, in Helenore (1812), 132. In kittle times, when faes are yarring.
