Lexicographical Neighbors of Nyaff
Literary usage of Nyaff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1826)
"... -nyaff and yelp-yelp of the terrier, along with the boo, baloo and bellow of
the bull, formed a wild and savage uproar, that was truly deafening. ..."
2. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by Jonathan Eastwood, William Aldis Wright (1884)
"... translation in this Poynt, that finding in the originall the Word nyaff>j and
never epas, doe euer translate Charitie, and neuer l,oue, because of the ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are ...by John Jamieson by John Jamieson (1818)
"NEWTH, prep. Beneath. V. NITH. Barbour. To nyaff, pn 1. To yelp, to bark, S. 2.
Applied to the pert chat of a saucy child, or of any diminutive person, ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"To nyaff, vn 1. To yelp ; to bark, 8. 2. Applied to the pert chat of a saucy
child, or of any diminutiv«' person, ..."
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