yarum

English

Noun

yarum (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of yarrum
   • 1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors‎^[1], T. Bensley, published 1814, page 68:

     Shee hath a cacling chete, a grunting chete ruff pecke, cassan, and poppelars of yarum.
     Shee hath a hen, a pygge, baken, cheese, and mylke porrage.

   • 1609, Thomas Dekker, “Lanthorne and Candle-light. Or, The Bell-man’s Second Nights-walke. […] The Second Edition, […]: Of Canting, How Long It hath beene a Language: How It Comes to bee a Language: How It is Deriued, & by whom It is Spoken. [A Canting Song.]”, in Alexander B[alloch] Grosart, editor, The Non-dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker. […] (The Huth Library), volume III, London, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire: […] [Hazell, Watson, & Viney] for private circulation only, published 1885, →OCLC, page 203:

     The Ruffin cly the nab of the Harmanbeck,
     If we mawnd Pannam, lap, or Ruff-peck,
     Or poplars of yarum: he cuts, bing to the Ruffmans,
     Or els he ſweares by the light-mans,
     To put our ſtamps in the Harmans.

Anagrams

• Maury, muray