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yatlen

adj - made of cast-iron... da muckle yatlen kettle hingin rampin ida crook. (Vagaland, A Skyinbow o Tammy's); of blood, rich and red, usually applied to newly shed blood. Da wind flans in frae Sumburgh Head, Whaar dayset in a glöd, Hings ower da far haaf's wastern rim, Rieb'd red as yatlin blöd. (Laurence Graham, Flans Frae da Haaf, A Shetland Anthology ).