Definition of "yird" []

• A Scotch form of earth. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "If any “yird, ” or earth, stick to the root, that is “tocher, ” or fortune; and the taste of the “custock, ” that is, the heart of the stem, is indicative of the natural temper and disposition."
• "If any _yird_, or earth, stick to the root, that is _tocher_, or fortune; and the taste of the _custoc_, that is, the heart of the stem, is indicative of the natural temper and disposition."
• "When lyart leaves bestrow the yird, [withered, earth]"