Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To scream; yell; shriek.
  • noun A shrill cry; a yell.

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  • verb Scotland To yell loudly

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Examples

  • But they werena weel out of the room, when Sir Robert gied a yelloch that garr’d the Castle rock.

    Wandering Willie’s Tale 1921

  • But they werena weel out of the room when Sir Robert gied a yelloch that garr’d the castle rock.

    Wandering Willie’s Tale 1907

  • But they werena weel out of the room when Sir Robert gied a yelloch that garr'd the castle rock.

    Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

  • They were half-frighted, not knowing what to make of it; but passing as close as the boatman could bring her side, the vicar stretched over the gunwale to catch her, and she bent forward, pushing the dead bab forward; and as she did, on a sudden she gave a yelloch that scared them, and they saw her no more.

    J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • I cudna move or say a word, though I felt my hair rising on my heed; but at lang-last I gev a yelloch, and say I, 'La! what is that?'

    Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • But they werena weel out of the room, when Sir Robert gied a yelloch that garr'd the castle rock.

    Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801

  • But they werena weel out of the room, when Sir Robert gied a yelloch that garr’d the castle rock.

    Redgauntlet 2008

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  • Beyond the Scots’ linguistic moat

    Catarrh promotes a guttural note.

    The curious “yelloch”

    Is a typical relic -

    A yell from a phlegm-congested throat.

    April 6, 2015