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yite dial.|jaɪt|
Also yeite, yoit.
[Origin obscure.]
The yellow-hammer, Emberiza citrinella.
1812P. Forbes Poems 104 (E.D.D.) Herryin' linties, yites an' kays. 1830J. Wilson Noctes Ambr. Wks. 1856 III. 4 Lark, lintie, yellow-yite,..shilfa, and goldfinch. 1888Barrie Auld Licht Idylls ii. 54, I have known a black-fishing expedition stopped because a ‘yellow yite’, or yellowhammer, hovered round the gang when they were setting out. |