Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To scream; yell; shriek.
- noun A shrill cry; a yell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Scotland To
yell loudly
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Examples
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But they werena weel out of the room, when Sir Robert gied a yelloch that garrd the Castle rock.
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But they werena weel out of the room when Sir Robert gied a yelloch that garrd the castle rock.
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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
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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
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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
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But they werena weel out of the room, when Sir Robert gied a yelloch that garr'd the castle rock.
Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801
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But they werena weel out of the room, when Sir Robert gied a yelloch that garr’d the castle rock.
Redgauntlet 2008
qms commented on the word yelloch
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