Y. 3.

YA. (4.-S.) Yea.

YAAP, v. To cry, or lament. North.
See Yap.

YABLES, adv. Perhaps. North. See
Ablins.

YACK, (1) v. To snatch. Lanc.

(2) s. The oak. Var. d.
YADDLE, 8. Drainings from a dung-
hill.

YAF, pret. t. (A.-S.) Gave.

YAFF,

YAFFLE,

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v. To bark. North.

YAFFLE, (1) v. To take by stealth.
(2) s. An armful. Cornw.
(3) v. To eat. (Cant.)

(4) s. The woodpecker. Var. d.
YAINE, v. To halloo. Gaw.
YAITS, 8. Oats. Cumb.

YAKE, v. To force. Yorksh.
YAL, S. The whole.

YALE, (1). To cry. Suff.
(2) pret. t. Yelled.

(3) s. A small quantity. Norf.
YALOWE, adj. Yellow. zalow-souzt,
YALU, the jaundice. MS. 15th
3ALYE, cent.
YALT, pret. t. Yielded.

YAM, v. To eat heartily. North.
YAMMER, v. (1) To lament; to
sorrow. zamyrly, lamentably.
Gawayne.

(2) To desire eagerly. Lanc.
(3) To grumble. North.
(4) To scold. Leic.
YAMMET, S. An emmet. West.
YAN, adj. One. North.
YANE, (1) v. To yawn.

(2) s. The breath. North.
YANGLE, (1) v. To wrangle.

(2) v. To tether a horse, by
fastening a fore leg and a hind leg
together. Norf.

(3) s. A yoke for an animal.
YANK, v. To squeal, as a child in
pain. Leic.

YANKS, 8. Leggings worn by agri-

cultural labourers.

YANSEL, 8. One's self. North.
YANTEL. See Yenlet.
YAP, (1) v. To yelp.

(2) s. A small dog; a cur.
(3) adv. Ready; apt. North.
YAPE, v. To gossip. Suss.
YAPPY, adj. Irritable. North.
YAR, (1) adj. Sour.

(2) adj. Aghast. Suss.
(3) v. To snarl. Linc.
(4) s. The earth. Craven.
YARD, 8. The garden of a cottage
or other small house. East.
YARE, (1) adj. (4.-S.) Ready.
(2) adj. Quick; nimble.
(3) adj. Covetous; greedy. North.
(4) adj. Brackish. North.
(5) 8. A fold behind a house.
(6) s. A fish-lock.
YARELY, adv. Adroitly.
YARK, (1) v. To strike. North.
(2) s. A stroke; a jerk.
(3) v. To kick.

(4) v. To take away. Somers.
(5) v. To prepare. North.
(6) adj. Shrewd. "He's yark

enough." Shropsh.
YARKE, v. To make ready.
YARME, (1) v. To scream.

The fende bygane to crye and garme,
Bot he myghte do hym nankyn harme.
MS. 15th cent.

(2) 8. A diagreeable noise. Line.
(3) v. To scold. East.
YARMOUTH-CAPON, s. A red-her-
ring.

YARNE, v. To yearn after.
YAR-NUT, S. The pig-nut. Linc.
YARREL, 8. A weed. Suff.
YARRINGLE, 8. A wooden im.
YARWINGLE, plement formerly
in use among housewives for
winding yarn into clews or balls.
YARRISH, adj. Having a rough or
tart taste. See Yar.
YARROWAY, S. Yarrow. Norf.
YARUM, 8. Milk. (Cant.)

YARY, adj. Sharp; stirring. Kent.

YAWL, 8. A vessel carrying some

times from 15 to 20 men, used by the beachmen on the coast of Norfolk to carry anchors to vessels in distress.

YAWLE, v. To howl. See Wawl.

Most men love money now as well as at
other times; the jingling of which is
more harmonious in the ears of most
folks, than the roring of lions, the howl-
ing of wolves, the braying of asses, the
hissing of serpents, the barking of dogs,
the screaming of owls, the yawling of
cats, the croaking of ravens, the screek-
ing of peacocks, the shouting of ninnies,
or the laughing of fools.-Poor Robin,
1764.

YAWN, v. To howl. Craven.
YAWNEY,

YAWNUPS, 8. A fool. Linc.

YAWNEY-BOX, s. A donkey. Derb.
YAWNISH, adj. Gapish. Kent.
YAWSE, S. A Yorkshire boys' game.
YCHAN, 8. (4.-S.) Each one.
YCHELE, 8. An icicle.
YDOLASTRE, 8. An idolater.
YE, (1) adv. (4.-S.) Yea.
(2) s. An eye.

YEAN, v. To throw. Devon.
YEAND-BY-To, adv. Before noon.
Lanc.

YEAPIN, v. To hiccough. North. YEAR-DAY, S. An anniversary. YEARDED, part. p. Buried. YEARDLY, adv. Very. North. YEARLING, S. A beast one year old. YEARN, v. To vex.

YEARNE, v. To give tongue, a term

applied to hounds.

YEARNING, 8. The liquor of the
rennet, used in producing curds.
North.
YEARNSTFUL, adj. Earnest. Lanc.
YEASELY, adv. Feebly.

Which two persuasions though they be
in very dede lyes, as I trust in God to
shew them, yet though they were true
did but yeasely prove your intention.
Latimer.

YEASING, 8. The eaves of a house.
Lanc.
YEATHER, 8. A flexible twig used
for binding hedges. North. See
Ether and Edder.

YEAVELING, 8. Evening. Exm.
YEAVY, adj. Wet and moist. Exm.
YED, S. A way where one collier
only can work at a time.
YEDDINGES,

3EDDINGES,

}s. Tales; romances.

YEDDLE, v. To earn. Chesh. See
Addle.

YEDE, pret. t. (A.-S.) Went.
JEDERLY, adv. Promptly. Gaw.
YEEKE, 8. The itch. Yorksh.
3EEME, v. To give suck to.
YEENDER, 8. (Perhaps a corruption
of undern.) The forenoon. North.
YEEPE, adj. (4.-S.) Alert.
YEEPSON. See Yaspin.
YEERY, adj. Angry. North.
YEEVIL, 8. A dungfork. West.
YEF, S. A gift.

YEFTE, 8. (4.-S.) A gift.
YEGE, S. A wedge.

JEGE, v. (1) To go; to jog on.

This mon hereth me nout, thah ich to him

crye,

Ichot the cherl is def, the del hym todrawe,

Thah ich zeze upon heth nulle nout hye,
The lostlase ladde con nout o lawe.
MS. Harl., 2253.

(2) To ask.
3EKE, (1) 8. The cuckoo.

(2) v. To itch. 3ekynge, the itch. YELBEN, s. A portion of straw YELVEN, laid for the thatcher. Northampt. See Yelm.

YELD, 8. Eld; age.

YELDE, v. (4.-S.) To yield.

North.

YELE-HOUSE, s. A brewing-house.
YELF, 8. A dungfork. Chesh.
YELK, (1) s. A yolk.

(2) v. To knead clay with straw
or stubble, to prepare it for
dauber's work. Norf.

YELL, adj. Barren; giving no milk. YELLOT, 8. The jaundice. Heref. YELLOW-BOTTLE, s. The corn marigold. Kent.

YELLOW-BOYS, s. Guineas.

I'll bring you some yellow-boys, you jade you, as soon as I have receiv'd 'em, shall I? Boyle, As you find it, 1703. YELLOW-CRANE, S. The lesser

spearwort, ranunculus flammula. Northampt.

YELLOW-HOMBER, S. The chaffinch. West.

YELLOWNESS, 8. Jealousy. YELLOW-NOB, 8. The yellow-hammer. Leic.

YELLOWS, 8. (1) The jaundice. (2) Jealousy.

(3) A disorder in horses. (4) Dyers' weed. Midl. C. YELLOW-SLIPPERS, 8. Very young calves.

YELLOW-TAIL. s. A sort of earthworm. Topsell. YELLOW-YOWLEY, YELLOW-YOWRING, mer. North.

HELM,

s. The yel

} low-ham

YELM, (1) 8. A portion of straw, Jas much as can be conveniently carried under the arm. Norf.

(2) v. To lay straw in convenient quantities for the thatcher. Ib. YELPE, v. (A.-S.) To boast; to 3ELPE, brag. 3elpyng, pomp, ostentation, bragging. YELPER, S. (1) A whelp.

(2) One who makes a shouting or cry in the manner of a dog.

(2) s. A young sow. North. YEMAN, 8. (4.-S.) A feudal retainer of a rank next below a squire; a person of middling rank.

YEME, (1) v. (A.-S.) To guide, or govern; to take care of.

Ant to Moyses, the holy whyt,
The hevede the lawe to zeme ryht;
Ant to mony other holy mon,-
Mo then ich telle con.

Harrowing of Hell, p. 15.

(2) s. Care; attention. (3) s. (4.-S.) An uncle. YEMMELL, 8. Aftermath. Glouc. YEN, s. pl. (A.-S.) Eyes. YENE, v. (1) To yawn.

(2) To give birth to, said of sheep.

Tonitrus solitariis ovibus abortus inferunt: thunder doth make sheeps beinge alone to yene before their tyme. Elyot's Dict. 1659.

(3) To lay an egg. (4) To give up to. (5) (4.-S.) To enter into. YENLET,

YENTLET,

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8. An inlet.

YENNED, pret. t. Threw. Devon.
YEO, 8. An ewe. Exm.

YEOMATH, 8. Aftermath. Wiltsh.
YEONE, v. To yawn.

YEOVE, . To give. The word is employed in leases even at the present day.

YEOVERY, adj. Hungry. Northumb. YEP, adj. Prompt.

YEPPY, v. To chirp like birds. West. YEPSINTLE, S. Two handfuls. Lane.

YERD, 8. (1) A fox-earth. Cumb.

3ERD, (2) A rod. (3) Mentula.

In a mannus 3erde ther ben dyverse grevaunces; to myche stondyng, that is clepid satiriasis. Medical MS. 15th cent. YERE, 8. (4.-S.) A year.

See Yex.

(2) v. To itch.

(3) s. A pair of oxen.

(4) s. One of the two parts of the working day. Kent. YOKE-FELLOW, s. A husband or wife.

YOKEL, A country bumpkin.
YOKEY, adj. Tawney. Devon.
YOKLE, s. An icicle.

YOKLET, S. An old name in Kent

for a little farm or manor. 30KYNGE, part. a. Itching. YOKY-WOOL, s. Unwashed wool. Devon.

YOLDE, pret. t. Yielded.
YOLD-RING, S. The yellow-hammer.
North.

YOLE, v. To yell.

JOLE, S. Christmas; yule. YOLK, S. (1) The state or condition of wool, after being shorn from the sheep, and before it is washed. East.

(2) The grease of wool. North-
ampt.

YOLT, S. A newt. Glouc.
ZOMERE, v. To lament; to moan.
YON, pron. That. Var. d.
YOND, adj. Furious; savage. Spens.
YONDERLY, adj. Reserved. Yorksh.
YONE, adj. Yon.

YONSTE, 8. Favour; affection.
"The very yonste and good wyl
that I bere to you ward." Cax-
ton's Reynard the Foxe.
YONT, prep. Beyond. North.
YOON, 8. An oven. Var. d.
YOPER, 8. A hare-courser.

Thou art so earnest still to follow yopers, that make so much haste to devour a simple hare.

Howard, Man of Newmarket, 1678.

YOPPUL, S. Unnecessary talk. South. JORE, 8. (4.-S.)

Ore.

Mercy.

of the reign of Henry VI. YORNEN, adj. Made of yarn.

A paire of yornen stockes
To keepe the cold away,
Within his bootes the Russie weares.
Turberville's Epitaphes and
Sonnettes, 1569.

Yorp, v. To talk boisterously.
Leic. See Yaup.
YOSKE, v. To hiccough.

30skyng cometh in many maneris,
either whiles of excess of etyng, either
of drynkyng, that makith the stomae
to ful.

The Four Humours of Man, MS. xv Cent. Yor, v. To unite closely. Dorset. YOTE, v. To pour in; to water, or soak. West.

YOUGH, 8. An ewe. Norf.
YOUK, . To sleep. A term in
hawking.

YoUL, v. To yell; to bark ex-
YOWL, cessively. Norf.
YOULRING, 8. The yellow-hammer.
YOUNKER, S. A youth.
YOUT, v. To yell. Yorksh.
YOUTHLY, adv. Youthful.
YOVE, pret. t. Given.

Yow, v. To reap, gathering the
corn under the arm. Devon.
YowER, 8. An udder. Craven.
YOWER-JOINT, 8. A joint near the

thigh of the horse, opposite the hock. Craven.

YOWLEY, 8. The yellow-hammer.
Northampt.

Yowr, v. To yelp. West.
YOWSTER, v. To fester. North.
YowT, v. To yelp. Midi. C.
30XE, 8. The hiccough.

YOYSTER, v. To frolic; to laugh.

Suss.

YRNE, s. Iron.

YRON, 8. A heron.

YRONHARD, 8. Knapweed.

See

Ys,

YSE, } 8. (4.-S. ise.) Ice.

Oft-sythes scho sygkyd sore,
And stilly scho sayed, Lord, thy gore.
Seven Sages.

YSELS, 8. (4.-S.) Ashes. YSOPE, s. Hyssop.