yolk 
The tother [man] was galowere thene the ;^olke of a naye 
[an egg]. Jlorte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), !. 32»4. 
2. The vitellus, a part of the seed of plants, 
so named from its supposed analogy with the 
yolk of an egg. — 3. The gieasy sebaceous se- 
cretion or unctuous substance from the skin of 
the sheep, which renders the fleece soft and 
pliable; wool-oil. 
Is not the yoke, or natural oiliness of the wool in the 
animnl, more efficacious? 
Agru; Suiv, of Galloicay, p. 283. {Jamieif<m.) 
Food yolk. Si:e/ood-yolk, nieroblastic, and tropholecilfius. 
— Forniative yolk, germinal yolk, which enters into the 
formation o( the eniJ)ryo, as distinguished from the food- 
yolk, which does not undergo segmentation ; morpholeci- 
thus; vitellus genninativus. See holoblattic, — Glycerlte 
of yolk of egg, a mixture of yolk of egg (45 parts) with 
glycerin (55 parts), used as a vehicle for mediciinil oil.s and 
resinii. 
yolk-, V. See yoke^. HalHwell. 
yolk-bag (yok'bag), n. Same as yolk-sac. 
yolk-cleavage (ydk'kle''vaj), «. In embryo!., 
segmentation of the vitellus (which see, under 
segmentation). See cut under gastrulation . 
yolk-duct (yok'dukt), H. In emhryol., the duc- 
tus vitellinus, or vitelline duet, which conducts 
from the cavity of the umbilical vesicle to that 
of the intestine through a constriction, at and 
near the navel, of the original globular cavitj' 
of the yolk-sac. See cut under embryo. 
yolked (yokt), a. [< yolk + -frf^.] Furnished 
with a yolk or vitellus: frequently used in com- 
position : as, a douhle-yolked egg. 
The effect of the loss of a large food-yolk . . . was 
shown to resemble a similar loss of food-yolk in the eggs 
of Mierometrus as compared with other large-yoii^ ovip- 
arous fish eggs. Amer. Nat., XXIII. 923. 
yolk-gland (yok'gland), H. Same as vitellarinm. 
yolk-sac (ydk'sak), H. The umbilical vesicle 
(which see, under re,iicJf). Also called yolk- 
bag. See cuts under embryo and uteniii. 
While the yolk in the latter is minute as compared with 
that of the former, the yolk«ack is just as large. 
Amer. A'a(., XXIII. 926. 
yolk-segmentation (yok'seg-men-ta'shon), V. 
Same as yolk-cleavage. See segmentation of the 
ritellus (under segmen tation), and cut under ga.i- 
triilation. 
yolk-skin fyok'skin), w. The vitelline mem- 
brane ; the delicate pellicle which incloses the 
yolk of an egg, especially when this is large. 
yolky(y6'ki),rt. [_<.yolk-\- -y^.] l. Resembling 
or consisting of yolk ; having the nature of yolk. 
In addition to the minute yolk-spherules scattered 
through the prot4>plasm. there are a few larger bodies, . . . 
probably of a yolky nature. Micros. Set., XXX. 5. 
2. Greasy or sticky, as unwashed wool. Halli- 
well. [Prov. Eng.J 
Because of the t/otky fleece. 
yew York Semi-ireeklii TrVmne, Aug. 16, 1S»7. 
yoUf, ''. An obsolete variant of yeW^. 
yolling(yoring), n. See yoirley. 
yon (yon), a. aiuipron. [Also dial, yen ; < ME. 
yon, ^on, ?,con, < AS. geon (rare) = OH(i. MH(i. 
G. jener, that, = Icel. enn, inn, often written 
hinn, the, = Goth, jaina, that ; with adj. for- 
mative -na, from a pronominal base seen in Gr. 
Of, who, orig. that, Skt. ya, who. Cf . yond^, yon- 
der.'] That or those, referring to an object at 
a distance ; yonder : now chiefly poetic. 
Lnke je aftyre even.sange l»e armyde at-ryghttez. 
On bloukez by ^one buscayle, by sone hlythe stremez. 
Marie Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 895. 
O what hills are t/o/i, yon pleasant hills, 
That the sun shines sweetly onV 
"0 ym are the hills of heaven," he said. 
Thf D«mon Lorxr (Child's Ballads, I. 203). 
Ye see iion birkie ca'd a lord. 
Bt.rnn, For A' That. 
Behold her, single in the field, 
Yon solitary Highland fjiss ! 
Wordnc'irth, The Solitary Reaper. 
yon (yon), adr. [An altered form of yond, eon- 
formed to yon, «.] Same as yonder. 
Him that ynn soars on golden wing. 
Milton, II Penst-roso, 1. 52. 
Hither and yon. see hither. 
yond't (yond ), adv. aiul prep. [< ME. yond, gond. 
?nnd, as prep, also geond, ^p«'/, < AS. gennd = 
LG. giend = Goth, jnind, there; cf. yonder, 
beyond, and yon.} I. adr. In or at that (more 
or less distant) place ; yonder. 
And to the yonder hille I gan hire gyde. 
Alias ! and thcr I took of hire my leeve. 
And yonde I saugh hire to hire fader ryde. 
Chaucer, Troilus, v. 612. 
Say what thou seest yam/. fihak.. Tempest, i. 2. 409. 
U. prep. Through. 
,Sond al the world. Cattdl off Love, 1. 1448. 
yondH (yond), a. [< ME. yond, gond, gund, 
send; a later form of yon, made to agree with 
the adv. yond.] Same as yon or yonder. 
7023 
Is yond your mistress ? 
Middleton (and others). The Widow, iii. 3. 
And see yond fading Myrtle. 
Congreve, Death of Queen Mary. 
yond^t (yond), «. [Appar. one of Spenser's 
inventions, a forced use of yond^, a.] Beside 
one's self ; mad; furious; insane. [Rare.] 
Then lilie a Lyon . . . wexeth wood and yond. 
Spenser, V. Q., II. viii. 40. 
yonder (yon'der), adv. [Also dial, yender ; < 
ME. yonder, gonder, gntidcr, yender, gender = 
"MD.ghcnder, gliinder = Goth, jaindre, there; a 
compar. form of yon, with suffix -der as in liiflicr, 
AS. hider, under, AS. under, etc.] At or in that 
(more or less distant) place ; at or in that place 
there. 
The felisshepe is yourez that yender ye see. 
Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2869. 
Hold, yonder is some fellow skulking. 
Sheridan, The Duenna, i. 4. 
Cliaucer uses the adverb frequently before the noun, and 
preceded by that or the: a use indicating the transition 
to the adjective use : 
In that yonder place 
My lady first me took unto her grace. 
C/iaucer, Troilus, v. .580. 
yonder (yon'der), a. [< yonder, adr. Cf. yon.] 
Being at a distance within view, or as con- 
ceived within view ; that or those, referring to 
persons or things at a distance. 
Our pleasant labour to reform 
Yon flowery arbours, yonder alleys green. 
Milton, P. L., iv. 626. 
Sweet Emma Moreland of yonder town 
Met me walking on yonder way. 
Tennyson, Edward Cray. 
yongf, yonghedet, yongtht, etc. Obsolete forms 
of young, etc. 
yonkert, «. An obsolete spelling of younker. 
yook (yok), v. and n. Same as yuck. 
yoop (yop), H. [Imitative; cf. whoop^, cloop, 
etc.] A word imitative of a hiccuping or sob- 
bing sound. [Rare.] 
There was such a scuttling, and hugging, and kissing, 
and crying, with the hysterical yoops of Miss Swartz, . . . 
as no pen can depict. Thackeray, Vanity Fair. 
yopon (yo'pou), n. Same as yapon. 
yore^ (yor), adr. [< ME. yore, gore, < AH. gedra, 
of yore, formerly an adverbial gen. of time, lit. 
' of years,' gen. pi. of gear, year: see year.] In 
time past; long ago; in old time: now used 
only in the phrase «/ i/oce — that is, of old time; 
long ago. 
A man may serven bet and more to pay 
In half a yer, althow it were no more, 
Than sum man doth that hath served ful yore. 
Chancer, Parliament of Fowls, 1. 47(5. 
Whan Adam had synnyd, thou seydest yore 
That he xulde deye and go to helle. 
Coventry Mysteries, p. 107. 
In Times 0/ yore an ancient Baron liv'd. 
Prior, Henry and Emma. 
Instead of the gieat tree that used to shelter the quiet 
little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked 
pole. Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 58. 
?ore'- (yor), ». Same as yare^. Halliwell. 
'oredale rocks. In Eng. geol.. the upper por- 
tion of the Carboniferous limestone series. In 
this — as in the Pennine area — the ma'^sive limestone (the 
Thick, Scaur, or Main limestone) is succeeded by a series 
of flagstones, grits, shales, limestones, with a few seams 
of coal, the whole varying greatly in thickness in locali- 
ties not far distant from each other. This series was 
named from Yoredale, in Yorkshire, where it has a devel- 
opment of from .500 to 1,500 feet. In its paleontological 
features it does not differ much from the Carboniferous 
limestone series generally. In the Yoredale rocks are the 
celebrated lead-mines of Alston Moor and others. Also 
called Yoredale yroup and Yoredale series. 
York-and-Lancaster rose. See ro.sei. 
Yorkish (yor'kish), a. [< York (see def.) + 
-(.s7ti.] 1. Pertaining to the city of York or to 
the county of York, in England. — 2. Adhering 
to the house of York. See Yorki.it. 
But if thy ruby lip it spy, 
As kiss it thou niayest deign. 
With envy pale 'twill lose its dye. 
And Yorkish turn again. The White Itosc. 
Yorkist (yor'kist), n. and a. [< York (see def. ) 
+ -ist.] I. n. An adherent of the house of 
York, or a supporter of their claims to the 
crown, especially in the Wars of the Roses. 
The next Henry Percy, fourth earl, was, however, re- 
stored by Edward IV. and bec^ame a Yorkiat. 
Edinliuryh Her., CLXVIII. 379. 
H. a. In Eng. Iiixt., pertaining to the dukes 
or the royal house of York. Tlie Yorkist kings 
were Edward IV., Edward V., and Richard III. (1461-85), 
and their claims to the crown rested on their descent 
from Lionel, Duke of Clarence, and Edmund. Duke of 
York, respectively the third and fifth sons of Edward III. 
See Lancastrian, and Wars of the Roses (under ro»ci). 
young 
The grand episode or tragedy of Perkin [Warbeek] . . . 
connects the Yorkist intrigues with the social discontents 
in a way more striking than any of the previous outbursts. 
Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 348. 
York pitch. See pitch of a i)lane, under pitch^. 
Yorkshire flannel. Flannel of superior qual- 
ity, made of undyed wool. 
Yorkshire pudding. A pudding made of bat- 
ter without sweets of any kind, and baked un- 
der meat, so as to catch the drippings. 
Yorkshire stone. Stone from the Millstone- 
grit series, extensively quarried in Yorkshire, 
England, for building and various other pur- 
poses. 
Yorkshire terrier. See terrier^. 
yorling (j'or'ling), n. Same as yolling. See 
yowley. 
Half a paddock, half a toad. 
Half a yellow yorling. Scotch Ballad. 
Yoshino lacctuer. See lacquer. 
yostregert, "• Same as uustringer. 
On of y yostregere unto . . . Henry the VIII. 
Epitaph, quoted in N. and Q., 7th ser., VIII. 106. 
yot (yot), r. t. ; pret. and pp. yotted, ppr. yotting. 
[Prob. a var. of yote, melt, hence weld: see 
yofe.] To unite closelv; fasten; rivet. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
yote (yot), v. t. ; pret. and pp. yoted, ppr. yoting. 
[< ME. yoten, var. of yeten, geten, geotcn, < AS. 
geotan, pour: see yet-.] To pour water on; 
steep. [Obsolete or provincial.] 
My fowls, which well enough 
I, as before, found feeding at their trough 
Their yoted wheat. Chapman, Odyssey, xix. 760. 
yoVi, pron. See y<°l. 
youk (youk), V. i. See yuck. 
yoult, V. i. See yowl. 
youlingt, «• A spelling of yowling. 
young (ynng), «. and n. [Early mod. E. also 
yong ; < ME. yong, yung, gung, gong, ging, < AS. 
geong, ginng, iiing (in compiir. also ging-, gyng-, 
geng-) = OFrios. Jung, Jong = OH, Jung = D. 
jo)ig = iUXi.jiink, J^G. jting = OHG. MHG.jxkc, 
G.jnng = Icel. Jungr, ungr = Sw. Dan. nug = 
Goth, juggs (compar. j'H/(i-rt ?); Teut. *yunga, 
contr. of 'ymranga or *ymcauha = W. icuaiigc = 
h.jurcncu.i = Skt. yuraga, young; an extension 
or derivative, with adj. suffix (L. -CU-.1), of a sim- 
pler form seen in L. jureni,f = OBulg. jh«h = 
Russ. iunuii, etc., = "Lith. jaunus = Ijett.jauuK 
= Skt. yurau, young ; cf. Skt. yavishtha. young- 
est. From E. //OHH(/ is ult. E.J/OH/A. From the 
L. word are ult. H. juvenile, ,juvennl,jurenescent, 
rejuvenate, etc.] I. a. 1. Being in the first or 
early stage of life ; not long born ; not yet 
arrived at maturity or full age; not old: said 
of animals: as, a yoHHj/ child; a, young man; a, 
young horse. 
Tliow art ,jonge and 3epe, and bast jeres ynowe 
Forto lyue longe and ladyes to lonye. 
IHers Plowman (B), xi. 17. 
Let the young lamt)s bound 
As to the tabor's sound ! 
Wordsworth, Ode, Immortality. 
2. Being in the first or early stage of growth : 
as, a young plant; a young tree. 
He cropped off the top of his young twigs. 
Ezek. xvii. 4. 
I wish'd myself the fair young beech 
That here beside me stands. 
Tennyson, Talking Oak. 
3. Being in the first or early part of existence 
generally ; not yet far advanced, of long dura- 
tion, or of full development; recent; newly 
come to pass or to be. 
Rom. Is tlie day so yow/if/^ 
Ben. But new stnick nine. 
Shak., R. and J., i. 1. 166. 
Th' impatient fervor . . . threat'ning death 
To his young hopes. Cou-per, Task, iii. 504. 
4. Having the apjjearance and freshness or 
vigor of youth; youthful in look or feeling; 
fresh ; vigorous. 
Thei that duellen tliere and drynken often of that Welle, 
thci nevere han Sekenesse, and thei semen alle weys zomje. 
Mnndeville, Travels, p. 169. 
He is only seven-and-thirty, very young for his age, and 
the most affectionate of creatures. 
Thackeray, Lovel the Widower, vi. 
5. Having little experience ; ignorant ; raw : 
green. 
We are yet luit young in deed. 
Shak., Macl.etli iii. 4. 144. 
How for to sell he knew not well, 
For a butcher he was l»ut voting. 
Robin Uood and the Butcher (Cliild's Ballads, V. 34). 
6. Pertaining or relating to youth ; spent 
or passed during youth; youthful: as, in his 
younger days he was very hot-headed. 
