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Webster 1913 Edition


Yarrish

Yar′rish

,
Adj.
[Prov. E.
yar
sour,
yare
brackish.]
Having a rough, dry taste.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Yarrish

YARRISH

,
Adj.
Having a rough dry taste. [Local.]

Definition 2024


yarrish

yarrish

English

Adjective

yarrish (comparative more yarrish, superlative most yarrish)

  1. (Britain dialectal) Having a rough, dry taste.
    • 1900, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Report and transactions (volume 32)
      The others are of a dry or yarrish taste and mixd with Whitesour make an incomparable Cider.

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