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yade

yade is the alternative form of yaud.

Meaning of yaud

Noun

yaud (plural yauds)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A workhorse; an old or worn-out mare.
    • "[…]Nay by my faith, if you be so heavy, I will content me with the best of you, and that's the haunch and the nombles, and e'en heave up the rest on the old oak-tree yonder, and come for it with one of the yauds."1814, Walter Scott, Waverley, Or 'tis Sixty Years Since, volume 2, published 1821, page 98
    Synonyms:
    jade
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) A slovenly woman.

Forms of yade

pluralyades

Questions about yade

What is yade the alternative form of?
Yade is the alternative form of yaud.

Words near yade in the dictionary

  1. yaddas
  2. yadder
  3. yaddered
  4. yaddering
  5. yadders
  6. yade
  7. yades
  8. Yadgiri
  9. yadi
  10. yadi yadi yada
  11. yadi-yadi-ya

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