local. Also 6 yerwhelp, 7 yarewhelp, yarwell, 7–9 yarwip, 8 yarwhelph, 8–9 yarwhip. [? Imitative of the goat-like cry of the godwit; cf. YAR v.] The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica or rufa) and the black-tailed godwit (L. ægocephala or melanura).

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1577.  in Archaeologia (1821), XIX. 289. Yerwhelps ij … ijs.

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1579.  J. Jones, Preserv. Bodie & Soule, I. xiv. 26. The flesh of … Towin, Yarwhelpe, Plover, Wodcocke.

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1634.  in Simpkinson, Washingtons (1860), App. p. xiii. Yarwell 1 dozen and 11 02 14 02.

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1668.  Sir T. Browne, Lett. to Dr. Merrett, 29 Dec. A Yarwhelp, Barker, or Latrator a marsh bird about the bignesse of a Godwitt.

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1678.  Ray, Willughby’s Ornith., 292. The Godwit, called in some places the Yarwhelp, or Yarwip.

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1744.  Ant. & Pres. St. Co. Down, xviii. 227. The Yarwhelp or Yarwip, is something like a Wood-cock.

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