yerk (v.) Old form(s): yerk'd , Yerke
thrust, strike, beat
H5 IV.vii.78[Montjoy to King Henry, of the French dead] their wounded steeds ... with wild rage / Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters
Oth I.ii.5[Iago to Othello, of Roderigo] Nine or ten times / I had thought t'have yerked him here under the ribs
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