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YOKE, (1) s. The hiccough. West. | YORKPENCE, s. A copper coinage

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, S. A country bumpkin.
YOKEY, adj. Tawney. Devon.
YOKLE, 8. 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.

30LE, S. Christmas; yule.
YOLK, S. (1) The state or condition
of wool, after being shorn from
the sheep, and before it is washed.
East.

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 stomac
to ful.

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

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

YOUL,v. To yell; to bark ex-
YOWL, cessively. Norf.

YOULRING, 8. The yellow-hammer.

(2) The grease of wool. North-YOUNKER, S. A youth.

ampt.

YOLT, s. A newt. Glouc.

30MERE, 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, s. 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.
30RE, 8. (4.-S.) Mercy. See
Ore.

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

YOUT, v. To yell. Yorksh.
YOUTHLY, adv. Youthful.
YOVE, pret. t. Given.

Yow, v. To reap, gathering the

corn under the arm. Devon. YowER, s. An udder. Craven. YOWER-JOINT, s. 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. Midl. C.
70XE, 8. The hiccough.

YOYSTER, v. To frolic; to laugh.
Suss.

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(2) A compartment of a thresh-
ing floor for the wheat threshed,
but not winnowed.

ZILTER, 8. A salting tub. Somers.
ZLEARE, v. To slide. Somers.
ZOAT, adj. Silly. Wight.
Zock, s. A blow. West.
ZOG, (1) v. To doze. Dev.

(2) s. Moist land. Somers. Zoo-zoo, s. The wood-pigeon. Glouc.

ZOTY, 8. A fool. South.

ZOWERSWOPPED, adj. Ill-natured. Exm.

ZowL, 8. A plough. Exm. See Sull. ZUCHES, S. Stumps of trees. ZWAIL, v. To swing the arms. West.

ZWIR, v. To turn. West. ZWODDER, S. A drowsy and stupid state of body or mind. Somers. Zwop, adv. With a noise.

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